Sexual Risk-Taking Among Recently Emancipated Female Foster Youth: Sexual Trauma and Failed Family Reunification Experiences.

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  • Author(s): Gonzalez-Blanks A;Gonzalez-Blanks A; Yates TM; Yates TM
  • Source:
    Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence [J Res Adolesc] 2016 Dec; Vol. 26 (4), pp. 819-829. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Oct 27.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109126 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7795 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10508392 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Res Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
      Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-
    • Subject Terms:
      Child Abuse* ; Sexual Behavior*; Adolescent ; Child, Foster ; Female ; Foster Home Care ; Humans ; Parent-Child Relations ; Risk-Taking
    • Abstract:
      Foster youth evidence shows elevated rates of risk behaviors, including sexual risk-taking (e.g., unprotected sex). Some studies have identified child maltreatment, particularly sexual abuse, as a risk for later sexual risk-taking, but none have examined how child welfare placement experiences relate to youth's sexual risk-taking. This study investigated relations among child maltreatment, child welfare placements, and sexual risk-taking among 114 recently emancipated female foster youth. Sexual abuse and failed reunifications with parents were associated with greater sexual risk-taking. Moreover, dissociative symptoms exacerbated the relation between sexual abuse and sexual risk-taking. These findings highlight the need for greater consideration of risks associated with emancipated youth's sexual risk-taking and for more research to understand how youth experience unsuccessful family reunifications.
      (© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2015 Society for Research on Adolescence.)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170429 Date Completed: 20180917 Latest Revision: 20181202
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/jora.12232
    • Accession Number:
      28453199