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Family Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Latino Emerging Adults: The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptomology and Acculturative Stress

Authors: Peter M. Rivera, Melinda A. Gonzales-Backen, Jennifer Yedlin, Elissa J. Brown, Seth J. Schwartz, S. Jean Caraway, Robert S. Weisskirch, Su Yeong Kim, Lindsay S. Ham

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 8/2015

Abstract

This study proposes that posttraumatic stress symptomology and acculturative stress may further explain the relationship between family violence exposure and sexual risk-taking behaviors among Latino emerging adults (N = 1,100). A moderated mediation analysis indicated that lifetime rates of family violence exposure were positively associated with sexual risk-taking via posttraumatic stress symptomology, and this mediation significantly varied as a function of acculturative stress. Overall, the findings of the current study underscore a need for a better understanding of how family violence exposure puts Latino emerging adults at risk for aversive health outcomes and suggest the use of an ecological systemic framework that examines the interactions between family, individual, and cultural systems in relation to health risk-taking behaviors.

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Title: Family Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Latino Emerging Adults: The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptomology and Acculturative Stress
Authors: Peter M. Rivera
Melinda A. Gonzales-Backen
Jennifer Yedlin
Elissa J. Brown
Seth J. Schwartz
S. Jean Caraway
Robert S. Weisskirch
Su Yeong Kim
Lindsay S. Ham
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9735-5

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