The adolescent behavioral repertoire: its latent structure in the PACARDO region of Latin America.
In this study, the authors probed the latent structure of the adolescent behavioral repertoire (ABR) and estimated its sociodemographic correlates. The authors drew a nationally representative sample of 12,797 school-attending youth from the 7 countries in the PACARDO region of Latin America: Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. On the basis of the Behavioral Repertoire Self Report scale (Johanson, Duffy, and Anthony, 1996), the authors identified 5 primary dimensions, including religious behaviors, socializing, sports, home-based activities, and gender socialization activities. The authors found that the levels of involvement in these dimensions of the ABR varied across sociodemographic characteristics. The observed multidimensional structure of the ABR sets the stage for future research on adolescent health in relation to these behaviors and activities.
Chen
Chuan-Yu
CY
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dormitzer
Catherine M
CM
Bejarano
Julio
J
Caris
Luis H
LH
Bolivar Diaz
Jorge
J
Sanchez
Mauricio
M
Vittetoe
Kenneth
K
Anthony
James C
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007843:Latin America; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires