This article summarizes two decades of research about family, and especially parental,
influences on the risk of adolescents becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Research …

The family plays an important and powerful role in the sexual socialization of children and
adolescents. The information and messages that are (or are not) communicated between …

Importance Parent-adolescent sexual communication has received considerable attention
as a factor that can positively affect safer sex behavior among youth; however, the evidence …

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between adolescent sexual risk-taking and
perception of parental monitoring, frequency of parent–adolescent communication, and …

This research examined how parent-adolescent communication about initiating sex and
condoms influenced the relationship between peer norms and behavior. African American …

Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such
uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of …

Studies of adolescent pregnancy risk are relevant to understanding responsible adolescent
sexual behavior because most investigators have focused on the key proximal determinants …

Relationships among risky sexual behaviors, other problem behaviors, and the family and
peer context were examined for two samples of adolescents. Many adolescents reported …

Parent‐child communication about tobacco and alcohol use is assumed to be critical to child
use of these substances, but it rarely has been systematically described and related to …

Context: Teenagers' communication with their partners about sex and their use of condoms
may be influenced by the discussions teenagers have with their parents about sex …