title: Examining relationship/family planning factors and sexual relationship power among immigrant Latino couples in the United States.
abstract: The ability to influence partners' actions within an intimate relationship (sexual relationship power [SRP]) is a key concept in achieving optimum family planning (FP) among U.S. Latinos. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between relationship/FP factors and SRP. The actor-partner interdependence model was used to analyze data for 40 couples. Both men's and women's sexual communications were positively associated with SRP, only women's relationship satisfaction was positively associated with SRP, women's general communication was negatively associated with men's SRP, and men's contraception attitudes were negatively associated with SRP. Couples interventions are needed, which account for SRP and gender differences. These findings provide direction for developing targeted interventions to achieve better FP for Latino couples.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Yui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Knafl
authors.forename: Everett L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Worthington
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jallo
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corona
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D003267:Contraception; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008571:Men; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult