A Person‐Centered Approach to the Study of Black Adolescent Religiosity, Racial Identity, and Sexual Initiation
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Decreasing the number of adolescents who have never had sexual intercourse is one way to address sexual health disparities. We used intersectionality to explore the joint effects of religiosity and racial identity on Black adolescent sexual initiation. Data originated from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent (n = 1,170), a nationally representative study of Black adolescents. Latent profile analysis and survival analysis were used to evaluate study hypotheses. Results showed four distinct profiles of religiosity and racial identity. These profiles explained 19% of the variability in sexual initiation. Additional analyses revealed sociodemographic differences in profile membership. Findings contribute to understanding ethnic heterogeneity among Black adolescents and racial identity and religiosity as sociocultural factors that influence sexual initiation; and support reconceptualizing Black adolescent religiosity.
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12445
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: University of Michigan, National Institutes of Health, University of California, Los Angeles, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Awards: G1949933604, G208629075, G2242701444, Promoting Ethnic Diversity in Public Health Training, The UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program, G8114008493, Neighborhoods, daily stress, affect regulation, & Black male substance use, National Survey of American Life, Training in Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV, Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
OpenAlex ID: W2950839411