title: Father and adolescent son variables related to son's HIV prevention.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fathers' influences and African American male adolescents' perceptions of self-efficacy to reduce high-risk sexual behavior. A convenience sample of 70 fathers was recruited from churches in a large metropolitan area in the South. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis indicated father-related factors and son-related factors were associated with 26.1% of the variance in son's self-efficacy to be abstinent. In the regression model greater son's perception of the communication of sexual standards and greater father's perception of his son's self-efficacy were significantly related to greater son's self-efficacy for abstinence. The second regression model with son's self-efficacy for safer sex as the criterion was not statistically significant. Data support the need for fathers to express confidence in their sons' ability to be abstinent or practice safer sex and to communicate with their sons regarding sexual issues and standards.
authors.affiliation: Clayton State University, USA. bettyglenn@clayton.edu
authors.forename: Betty L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Glenn
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demi
authors.forename: Laura P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Kimble
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003142:Communication; D005219:Father-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005845:Georgia; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012746:Sexual Abstinence / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires