Amanda M Richer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda M Richer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda M |
| FAMILY NAME | Richer |
| SIGNATURE | RICHER A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3953-6702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Connected Dads, Healthy Teens
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of Connected Dads, Healthy Teens , a 4-week online father-teen program designed to promote healthy communication and decision-making about sex and relationships. A pilot sample of 53 fathers and 50 of their high-school aged teens participated in this program and took pre- and post-test surveys. Participants reported high levels of program feasibilit…
Redefining Father Roles in Family Sexual Health Communication
Objective This study qualitatively investigated fathers' perspectives on family roles and communication related to talking with teens about sex and relationships. Background Father‐teen talk about sex and relationships can protect teens from sexual risk behaviors. However, few studies explore fathers' roles and engagement within family systems to support teens' sexual health and relationships. Method Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with…
Promoting Prescription Drug Safety Skills in School
‘I put it all out there. I have nothing to hide. It’s my mom’
Protective effects of talk with parents about sex, for delaying sex and reducing young people's risky sexual behaviour may extend from adolescence to emerging adulthood. However, little is known about the content and process of this communication, or how parents and their emerging adult children perceive their conversations about sex and relationships. This study offers a novel exploration of family talk about sex during emerging adulthood and ad…
Longitudinal associations between pet relationship quality and socio‐emotional functioning in early adolescence
Adolescence is a key developmental period for socio-emotional skills, and companion animal relationships may be one potential source of emotional support and resilience during this time. This study used longitudinal data from 940 pet-owning adolescents, collected over four time points, from youth in the Northeastern United States. We assessed whether pet relationship quality (indexed by relationship satisfaction, companionship, and emotional disc…
Associations of early social media initiation on digital behaviors and the moderating role of limiting use
Profiles of adolescent communication with parents and extended family about sex
Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention
Talk with fathers about sex and relationships can support teens' health, but its impact is limited as few fathers talk with their teens about sexual issues. Needs assessment and fathers' input on intervention content and structure can guide the development of programs that support fathers' health-promoting talk with their teen children about sex and relationships. In the present study, we explored fathers' goals in their talk with teens about sex…
Same-Sex Attraction Disclosure and Sexual Communication Topics within Families
Few studies compare family communication about sex and relationships for sexual minority youth versus hetero-sexual teenagers. Further, existing studies often focus on mothers, overlooking fathers and extended family. Our survey of 952 adolescents aged 14-21 included 115 adolescents disclosing non-heterosexual attraction. Mothers offered more sexual protection methods messages to their non-SM teens, whereas fathers talked less with SM teens about…
Sex behaviours and family sexuality communication among Hispanic adolescents
This study compared the extent to which Hispanic teenagers talk with mothers, fathers and extended family members about risks of sex, protection and relational sex, as well as the moderating role of teenagers' gender on the association between sexuality communication and risky sexual behaviours. Analysis is based upon 474 Hispanic young people's responses to a school-based survey recruited from six New England high schools. We (1) calculated desc…
Father-Teen Talks about Sex and Teens’ Sexual Health
Family talks about sex can protect against teens' risky sexual behavior, but most research has focused on the role of mothers. The current study included cross-sectional survey data from 728 adolescents in the 11th and 12th grades (M age = 17.00, SD = 0.90) in the United States. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens' direct and indirect talk, defined as less straightforward ways to communicate one's sexu…
Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents
Parents’ Perspectives on Talk with Their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Children About Sex
The Role of Pet Companionship in Online and Offline Social Interactions in Adolescence
Social and Behavioral Health Factors Associated with Violent and Mature Gaming in Early Adolescence
We examined how risk level of video games, measured by maturity and violence level, was associated with behavioral health, social impacts, and online social interactions. School-based surveys in two different cohorts assessed self-reported gaming behaviors, health, and social media use. For Study 1, our 700 participants were 52% female and 48% White (mean age 12.7). Middle school students who played the high-risk games reported higher depressive …
A Larger Ecology of Family Sexuality Communication
Extended family can be a resource for conversations about sex, but extended family perspectives have been largely left out of existing research. The present study investigates how extended family, such as aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins, perceive communication with teens in their families about sex. A thematic analysis was conducted with data from interviews in the U.S. with 39 extended family members, primarily siblings, who reported talk…
Combination of Parent-Child Closeness and Parent Disapproval of Teen Sex Predicts Lower Rates of Sexual Risk for Offspring
Effective parenting processes during offspring's adolescence can reduce sexual risk behavior for those offspring in emerging adulthood. Few studies consider how mothers' and fathers' parenting processes cluster together and predict emerging adults' risky sexual behavior. In this study, we used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify patterns of teens' perceptions of their residential mothers' and fathers' closeness, disapproval of teen sex, mon…
Extended-Family Talk about Sex and Teen Sexual Behavior
Research shows that family communication about sexuality can protect against teens' risky sexual behavior. However, few studies assess talk with extended family about sex or how this communication relates to teens' sexual behavior. The current study includes cross-sectional survey data from 952 adolescents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens' sexual risk behaviors and communication with extended famil…
Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Sexual Health
Asian American social media use
Parents’ Perspectives on Family Sexuality Communication from Middle School to High School
Parents' conversations with teens about sex and relationships can play a critical role in improving teenage reproductive health by reducing teens' risky sexual behavior. However, little is known about how teen-parent communication changes from early to middle adolescence and how parents can tailor their communication to address their teens' changing development and experiences during these periods. In this longitudinal qualitative study, U.S. par…
Comparing Sexuality Communication Among Offspring of Teen Parents and Adult Parents
The Role of Extended Family in Teen Sexual Health
Despite increasing extended family involvement in childrearing, particularly in minority families, few studies investigate their role in talking with teens about sex or how this relates to teens' sexual behavior. This mixed methods study assesses extended family sexuality communication through a survey of 1492 diverse middle school students and interviews with 32 students. Logistic regression shows that participants who report having had sex are …
The Role of Extended Family in Teen Sexual Health
Despite increasing extended family involvement in childrearing, particularly in minority families, few studies investigate their role in talking with teens about sex or how this relates to teens' sexual behavior. This mixed methods study assesses extended family sexuality communication through a survey of 1492 diverse middle school students and interviews with 32 students. Logistic regression shows that participants who report having had sex are …
Longitudinal associations between pet relationship quality and socio‐emotional functioning in early adolescence
Adolescence is a key developmental period for socio-emotional skills, and companion animal relationships may be one potential source of emotional support and resilience during this time. This study used longitudinal data from 940 pet-owning adolescents, collected over four time points, from youth in the Northeastern United States. We assessed whether pet relationship quality (indexed by relationship satisfaction, companionship, and emotional disc…
The Role of Extended Family in Teen Sexual Health
Despite increasing extended family involvement in childrearing, particularly in minority families, few studies investigate their role in talking with teens about sex or how this relates to teens' sexual behavior. This mixed methods study assesses extended family sexuality communication through a survey of 1492 diverse middle school students and interviews with 32 students. Logistic regression shows that participants who report having had sex are …
Comparing Sexuality Communication Among Offspring of Teen Parents and Adult Parents
Asian American social media use
Parents’ Perspectives on Family Sexuality Communication from Middle School to High School
Parents' conversations with teens about sex and relationships can play a critical role in improving teenage reproductive health by reducing teens' risky sexual behavior. However, little is known about how teen-parent communication changes from early to middle adolescence and how parents can tailor their communication to address their teens' changing development and experiences during these periods. In this longitudinal qualitative study, U.S. par…
Extended-Family Talk about Sex and Teen Sexual Behavior
Research shows that family communication about sexuality can protect against teens' risky sexual behavior. However, few studies assess talk with extended family about sex or how this communication relates to teens' sexual behavior. The current study includes cross-sectional survey data from 952 adolescents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens' sexual risk behaviors and communication with extended famil…
Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Sexual Health
The Role of Pet Companionship in Online and Offline Social Interactions in Adolescence
Social and Behavioral Health Factors Associated with Violent and Mature Gaming in Early Adolescence
We examined how risk level of video games, measured by maturity and violence level, was associated with behavioral health, social impacts, and online social interactions. School-based surveys in two different cohorts assessed self-reported gaming behaviors, health, and social media use. For Study 1, our 700 participants were 52% female and 48% White (mean age 12.7). Middle school students who played the high-risk games reported higher depressive …
A Larger Ecology of Family Sexuality Communication
Extended family can be a resource for conversations about sex, but extended family perspectives have been largely left out of existing research. The present study investigates how extended family, such as aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins, perceive communication with teens in their families about sex. A thematic analysis was conducted with data from interviews in the U.S. with 39 extended family members, primarily siblings, who reported talk…
Combination of Parent-Child Closeness and Parent Disapproval of Teen Sex Predicts Lower Rates of Sexual Risk for Offspring
Effective parenting processes during offspring's adolescence can reduce sexual risk behavior for those offspring in emerging adulthood. Few studies consider how mothers' and fathers' parenting processes cluster together and predict emerging adults' risky sexual behavior. In this study, we used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify patterns of teens' perceptions of their residential mothers' and fathers' closeness, disapproval of teen sex, mon…
Same-Sex Attraction Disclosure and Sexual Communication Topics within Families
Few studies compare family communication about sex and relationships for sexual minority youth versus hetero-sexual teenagers. Further, existing studies often focus on mothers, overlooking fathers and extended family. Our survey of 952 adolescents aged 14-21 included 115 adolescents disclosing non-heterosexual attraction. Mothers offered more sexual protection methods messages to their non-SM teens, whereas fathers talked less with SM teens about…
Sex behaviours and family sexuality communication among Hispanic adolescents
This study compared the extent to which Hispanic teenagers talk with mothers, fathers and extended family members about risks of sex, protection and relational sex, as well as the moderating role of teenagers' gender on the association between sexuality communication and risky sexual behaviours. Analysis is based upon 474 Hispanic young people's responses to a school-based survey recruited from six New England high schools. We (1) calculated desc…
Father-Teen Talks about Sex and Teens’ Sexual Health
Family talks about sex can protect against teens' risky sexual behavior, but most research has focused on the role of mothers. The current study included cross-sectional survey data from 728 adolescents in the 11th and 12th grades (M age = 17.00, SD = 0.90) in the United States. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens' direct and indirect talk, defined as less straightforward ways to communicate one's sexu…
Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents
Parents’ Perspectives on Talk with Their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Children About Sex
Associations of early social media initiation on digital behaviors and the moderating role of limiting use
Profiles of adolescent communication with parents and extended family about sex
Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention
Talk with fathers about sex and relationships can support teens' health, but its impact is limited as few fathers talk with their teens about sexual issues. Needs assessment and fathers' input on intervention content and structure can guide the development of programs that support fathers' health-promoting talk with their teen children about sex and relationships. In the present study, we explored fathers' goals in their talk with teens about sex…
Promoting Prescription Drug Safety Skills in School
‘I put it all out there. I have nothing to hide. It’s my mom’
Protective effects of talk with parents about sex, for delaying sex and reducing young people's risky sexual behaviour may extend from adolescence to emerging adulthood. However, little is known about the content and process of this communication, or how parents and their emerging adult children perceive their conversations about sex and relationships. This study offers a novel exploration of family talk about sex during emerging adulthood and ad…
Longitudinal associations between pet relationship quality and socio‐emotional functioning in early adolescence
Adolescence is a key developmental period for socio-emotional skills, and companion animal relationships may be one potential source of emotional support and resilience during this time. This study used longitudinal data from 940 pet-owning adolescents, collected over four time points, from youth in the Northeastern United States. We assessed whether pet relationship quality (indexed by relationship satisfaction, companionship, and emotional disc…
Redefining Father Roles in Family Sexual Health Communication
Objective This study qualitatively investigated fathers' perspectives on family roles and communication related to talking with teens about sex and relationships. Background Father‐teen talk about sex and relationships can protect teens from sexual risk behaviors. However, few studies explore fathers' roles and engagement within family systems to support teens' sexual health and relationships. Method Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with…
Connected Dads, Healthy Teens
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of Connected Dads, Healthy Teens , a 4-week online father-teen program designed to promote healthy communication and decision-making about sex and relationships. A pilot sample of 53 fathers and 50 of their high-school aged teens participated in this program and took pre- and post-test surveys. Participants reported high levels of program feasibilit…
Psychology (21 works) · Developmental psychology (19 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (16 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Human sexuality (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Reproductive health (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (8 works) · Gender Studies (8 works)