eprintid: 10038
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datestamp: 2011-11-10 20:08:06
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type: thesis_degree
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contact_email: mollyjf@gmail.com
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creators_name: Ferguson, Molly Jean
creators_email: mollyjf@gmail.com
title: Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Sexual Health Outcomes
ispublished: unpub
divisions: sch_gsph_behavioralcommhealthsci
full_text_status: public
keywords: adolescent risk; parental monitoring; risky sexual behavior
abstract: Adolescents engage in risky health behaviors more than young children and adults. This risk taking is thought to be a result of biological and environmental factors influencing adolescent behavior. Teenagers' engagement in risky sexual behavior puts them at a higher risk for morbidity and social stress resulting from unintended pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections. This increased risk of morbidity emphasizes the public health significance of adolescent risk behavior. Parental monitoring has been identified as an important protective factor for adolescents' negative sexual health outcomes. However, the distinction between rule-setting and coercive discipline is critical in understanding the influence that parents have over their adolescent's risk taking behavior. Without recognition of the importance of a supportive and trusting parent/adolescent relationship, parental monitoring studies and interventions will be less effective in bringing about behavior change in adolescents and their parents. Perceptions of parental monitoring can vary greatly between adolescents and parents, and thus there is a need for a scale to measure actual parental knowledge of adolescent risk behavior. It is also important to consider the quality of parent and adolescent relationships when attempting to understand the effects of parental monitoring. As a result, the examination of barriers to parental monitoring and the nature of the parent/adolescent relationship are crucial for making a lasting positive impact on adolescent sexual health outcomes.
date: 2010-01-28
date_type: completed
institution: University of Pittsburgh
refereed: TRUE
etdcommittee_type: committee_chair
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_name: Terry, Martha
etdcommittee_name: Martinson, Jeremy
etdcommittee_name: Documet, Patricia
etdcommittee_email: materry@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: jmartins@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: pdocumet@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_id: MATERRY
etdcommittee_id: JMARTINS
etdcommittee_id: PDOCUMET
etd_defense_date: 2009-12-04
etd_approval_date: 2010-01-28
etd_submission_date: 2009-12-04
etd_access_restriction: immediate
etd_patent_pending: FALSE
assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.10038
thesis_type: thesis
degree: MPH
committee: Martha Terry, PhD (materry@pitt.edu) - Committee Chair
committee: Jeremy Martinson, DPhil (jmartins@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Patricia Documet, MD, H (pdocumet@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
etdurn: etd-12042009-093339
other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12042009-093339/
other_id: etd-12042009-093339
citation:   Ferguson, Molly Jean  (2010) Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Sexual Health Outcomes.  Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/10038/1/FergusonMJ_etd.pdf