In other words, exposure to sex in movies was associated with having more change in sensation - seeking personality in adolescence, which then was associated
with earlier sexual debut [See this post for another example of a study with «mediation»].
Not exact matches
Maybe parents» «permissive» attitudes toward sex are what cause young teens to watch movies
with sexual content and also cause
early sexual debut.
On the other hand, parental expectations regarding school achievement were associated
with lower levels of health risk behaviors; parental disapproval of
early sexual debut was associated
with a later age of onset of intercourse (P <.001).
Around 97 % of these cases in people aged less than 16 years occur in young people aged 13 to 15 which relate to two issues:
early sexual debut with similar aged peers or
sexual abuse.
Appearing «older than most» in class was associated
with emotional distress and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among high school students (P <.001); it was also associated
with substance use and an
earlier age of
sexual debut among both junior and senior high students.
This study proposes that the family structures associated
with risk — single - mother, step - parent, and cohabiting — influence
early sexual debut due to family instability, including shifts in family structure and maternal dating, which can undermine parental control and transmit messages about the acceptability of nonmarital sex.
For example,
early pubertal maturity may lead to
early sexual debut only when family members react to
early pubertal development in certain ways (e.g.,
with increased restrictiveness and supervision).