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Rigid Parenting Leads to Increased Sexual Activity in Older Teens
Researchers provide more evidence of a link between rigid parenting and increased sexual activity in older teens.
Although it is difficult to confirm that controlling mothers and fathers cause kids to have more sex, the findings suggest it is wise to give children freedom, said Rebekah Levine Coley, lead author of a new study of nearly 5,000 U.S. teenagers. Coley is an associate professor of applied developmental and educational psychology at Boston College.
Warm, more democratic relationships in which parents do not use negative and psychologically controlling behaviors could help parents to communicate values, increase adolescents identification with their parents, help youth to develop healthy decision-making skills and also keep youth away from negative peer influences, Coley said.
According to the researchers, more than two of every three American teens has sexual intercourse before age 19.
Researchers have previously studied how family life affects teens, but the findings were suggestive but not definitive and did not reveal which techniques work the best, Coley said.
In the new study, Coley and colleagues examined the results of an annual survey of American teens born between 1980 and 1984. The researchers looked at the survey results for 4,980 teens and used a number of statistical techniques to try to pinpoint the effects of various parenting styles.
They report their findings in the August issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Regular family activities things like eating dinner together as a family or engaging in fun activities or religious activities together seemed to make sexual activity less likely, Coley said.
Although it is difficult to confirm that controlling mothers and fathers cause kids to have more sex, the findings suggest it is wise to give children freedom, said Rebekah Levine Coley, lead author of a new study of nearly 5,000 U.S. teenagers. Coley is an associate professor of applied developmental and educational psychology at Boston College.
Warm, more democratic relationships in which parents do not use negative and psychologically controlling behaviors could help parents to communicate values, increase adolescents identification with their parents, help youth to develop healthy decision-making skills and also keep youth away from negative peer influences, Coley said.
According to the researchers, more than two of every three American teens has sexual intercourse before age 19.
Researchers have previously studied how family life affects teens, but the findings were suggestive but not definitive and did not reveal which techniques work the best, Coley said.
In the new study, Coley and colleagues examined the results of an annual survey of American teens born between 1980 and 1984. The researchers looked at the survey results for 4,980 teens and used a number of statistical techniques to try to pinpoint the effects of various parenting styles.
They report their findings in the August issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Regular family activities things like eating dinner together as a family or engaging in fun activities or religious activities together seemed to make sexual activity less likely, Coley said.
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