Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescence and Parental Involvement in Prevention
Words: 1807 Pages: 6 5127One of the key areas of concern in risk-taking behaviors that are common in adolescence is sexual health. Juntunen and Schwartz (2016) suggest that “there are four aspects of family life that influence an adolescent’s sexual heath: family structure, family connectedness, parental monitoring, and parent’s attitudes about sex (Wight and Fullerton, 2013).” For example, positive parental involvement may help an adolescent decide to abstain from sexual activity until a more mature age. By doing so, it also fosters the belief […]