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The Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Sexual Activity
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Religious Practice and the Family: What the Research Says

October 29, 2009


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Top Ten Findings


Parents’ Influence on Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior

February 2010 - Archives

  1. Parent-adolescent communication. Adolescents whose mothers discussed the ...more
  2. Parental monitoring. Children whose parents monitor them more closely are...more
  3. Birth out of wedlock. Teenage girls are less likely to be sexually active...more
  4. Single-parent socializing. Teenage boys whose mothers date more often and...more
  5. Parents’ attitudes. Teenagers who feel their parents strongly disapprove ...more
  6. Transitions in family structure. The likelihood that teenaged girls will ...more
  7. Intact family. Adolescents in single-parent households are more likely to...more
  8. Family stability. On average, adolescents whose mothers divorced tend to ...more
  9. Parental involvement. Teens whose parents watch television with them more...more
  10. Parental guidance. Adolescents whose parents talk with them about standar...more