TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief report
T2 - The role of three dimensions of sexual well-being in adolescents' life satisfaction
AU - Espinosa-Hernández, Graciela
AU - Vasilenko, Sara A.
AU - McPherson, Jenna L.
AU - Gutierrez, Estefania
AU - Rodriguez, Andrea
N1 - Funding Information:
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting at Baltimore, MD. We acknowledge the Charles L. Cahill Award for the financial support. This research was also supported by grant P50 DA01007 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to Sara Vasilenko. We gratefully acknowledge Jackie Darazsdi, Julia Daugherty, Linda Halgunseth Frankie Machado and Roderick Yow for their help with data entry and study design. We also thank Mrs. Zuilma Hernandez Montes De Oca, Mrs. Graciela Hernandez Coronel and all the wonderful teachers and principals who made data collection possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Guided by theoretical (Brooks-Gunn & Paikoff, 1997) and empirical work (Horne & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2005), this cross-sectional study examined whether sexual well-being (sexual self-acceptance, importance of mutual consent, importance of safe sex) was associated with life satisfaction among Mexican adolescents, and whether these associations were moderated by gender, age, and familism. Mexican adolescents (54% girls, 72% middle schoolers, 30% sexually active) completed surveys. Findings indicated that a greater belief in the importance of safe sex was associated with higher levels of life satisfaction. Greater sexual self-acceptance was associated with life satisfaction, and familism moderated this association. This association was stronger among adolescents who reported low familism. This study contributes to the understanding of sexual adolescent well-being and psychological adjustment in Mexico, an understudied cultural context.
AB - Guided by theoretical (Brooks-Gunn & Paikoff, 1997) and empirical work (Horne & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2005), this cross-sectional study examined whether sexual well-being (sexual self-acceptance, importance of mutual consent, importance of safe sex) was associated with life satisfaction among Mexican adolescents, and whether these associations were moderated by gender, age, and familism. Mexican adolescents (54% girls, 72% middle schoolers, 30% sexually active) completed surveys. Findings indicated that a greater belief in the importance of safe sex was associated with higher levels of life satisfaction. Greater sexual self-acceptance was associated with life satisfaction, and familism moderated this association. This association was stronger among adolescents who reported low familism. This study contributes to the understanding of sexual adolescent well-being and psychological adjustment in Mexico, an understudied cultural context.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 28038354
AN - SCOPUS:85007241780
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 55
SP - 61
EP - 65
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
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