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This finding looks at the relationship between parent/adolescent communication and the effect of peers on teens' sexual behavior.

Though perceiving that peers were sexually active and having sexually active friends increased the likelihood that an adolescent would be sexually active and would have a greater number of sexual partners, parent/adolescent discussion about initiating sex decreased these effects of perceived peer norms.

Sample or Data Description
907 adolescents who participated in the Family and Adolescent Risk Behavior Communication Study.

Source
"Parent-Adolescent Discussions About Sex and Condoms: Impact on Peer Influences of Sexual Risk Behavior"
Whitaker, Daniel J.
Miller, Kim S.
Journal of Adolescent Research Vol. 15, Number 2. March, 2000. Page(s) 251-273.

FindingID: 9258