| Pubertal Timing and Early Sexual Intercourse in the Offspring of Teenage Mothers. | |
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PMID: 21279428 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Early puberty is associated with stressful family environments, early sexual intercourse, and teenage pregnancy. We examined pubertal timing and sexual debut among the 14-year-old offspring of teenage mothers. Mothers (71% Black, 29% White) were recruited as pregnant teenagers (12-18 years old). Data were collected during pregnancy and when offspring were 6, 10 and 14 years old (n = 318). Adolescents (50% male) compared the timing of their pubertal maturation to same-sex peers. There was a significant 3-way interaction effect of race, sex, and pubertal timing on sexual debut (n = 305). This effect remained significant in a model controlling for maternal age at first intercourse, substance use, exposure to trauma, authoritative parenting, and peer sexual activity (n = 255). Early maturation was associated with early sex in daughters, and may be one pathway for the inter-generational transfer of risk for teenage pregnancy among daughters of teenage mothers. |
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Natacha M De Genna; Cynthia Larkby; Marie D Cornelius |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-29 |
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Title: Journal of youth and adolescence Volume: - ISSN: 1573-6601 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0333507 Medline TA: J Youth Adolesc Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Program in Epidemiology, Suite 138, Webster Hall, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA, degennan@pitt.edu. |
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