title: Ecodevelopmental trajectories of family functioning: Links with HIV/STI risk behaviors and STI among Black adolescents.
abstract: We examined the effects of family functioning trajectories on sexual risk behaviors and STI in adolescents. A sample of 850 predominantly (80%) Black adolescents from Michigan, United States, was assessed at baseline, 12, 24, and 36 months postbaseline. Adolescents were from working-class families with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD = .64, Range = 13.9 to 16.9) at baseline. Participants completed measures of family functioning at each time point. At 36 months postbaseline, levels of sexual risk behaviors, including sex initiation, unprotected sex, and alcohol or drug use before last sexual intercourse, and STIs were assessed. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) yielded 4-class solutions for family conflict and parent support. Adolescents with high or increasing family conflict trajectories, and low or decreasing family support trajectories, were at relatively greater risk of sexual risk behaviors and STIs. Yet, the additional trajectories differ across outcomes highlighting the complexities of the role of family functioning on sexual risk behaviors and STIs over time. Multiple Group LCGA indicate some findings vary as a function of gender. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Córdova
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Justin E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Heinze
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Boston University.
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Salas-Wright
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult