Patricia J Dittus
Biographic Data
| ID | 6033593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia J Dittus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dittus |
| SIGNATURE | DITTUS P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mental Health, Suicidality, and Connectedness Among High School Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic — Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, United States, January–June 2021
Disruptions and consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, family loss or illness, and reduced access to health care, raise concerns about their effects on the mental health and well-being of youths. This report uses data from the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, an online survey of a probability-based, nationally representative sample of U.S. public- and …
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Group Differences in Risk Across Three Domains Using an Expanded Measure of Sexual Orientation
Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal disapproval of sex
Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex
Twenty-one parental and 16 adolescent topic-specific reservations that parents and adolescents may have about discussing sex and birth control were explored in a sample of 751 African American inner-city youths (14 to 17 years old) and their mothers. Both maternal and adolescent perspectives were obtained with regard to the prevalence of specific reservations and the extent to which they were predictive of communication behavior. Topic-specific r…
Parent-Adolescent Congruency in Reports of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and in Communications about Sexual Behavior
Agreement between mothers' and adolescents' reports of communication about sex, satisfaction with the parent-child relationship, maternal disapproval of adolescent sexual activity, and adolescent sexual behavior was investigated in a sample of 745 African American adolescents (ages 14–17) and their mothers. Congruence between the 2 sets of reports tended to be low. Adolescent perceptions and reports were found to be more predictive of adolescent …
The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Maternal Correlates of Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior
Maternal disapproval of premarital sex, maternal discussions about birth control and the quality of the parent-child relationship may have an important influence on adolescents' sexual activity and the consistency of their contraceptive use. Findings from a survey of 751 black youths showed that adolescent perceptions of maternal disapproval of premarital sex and satisfaction with the mother-child relationship were significantly related to abstin…
Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex
Twenty-one parental and 16 adolescent topic-specific reservations that parents and adolescents may have about discussing sex and birth control were explored in a sample of 751 African American inner-city youths (14 to 17 years old) and their mothers. Both maternal and adolescent perspectives were obtained with regard to the prevalence of specific reservations and the extent to which they were predictive of communication behavior. Topic-specific r…
The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Maternal Correlates of Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior
Maternal disapproval of premarital sex, maternal discussions about birth control and the quality of the parent-child relationship may have an important influence on adolescents' sexual activity and the consistency of their contraceptive use. Findings from a survey of 751 black youths showed that adolescent perceptions of maternal disapproval of premarital sex and satisfaction with the mother-child relationship were significantly related to abstin…
The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Parent-Adolescent Congruency in Reports of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and in Communications about Sexual Behavior
Agreement between mothers' and adolescents' reports of communication about sex, satisfaction with the parent-child relationship, maternal disapproval of adolescent sexual activity, and adolescent sexual behavior was investigated in a sample of 745 African American adolescents (ages 14–17) and their mothers. Congruence between the 2 sets of reports tended to be low. Adolescent perceptions and reports were found to be more predictive of adolescent …
Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal disapproval of sex
Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex
Twenty-one parental and 16 adolescent topic-specific reservations that parents and adolescents may have about discussing sex and birth control were explored in a sample of 751 African American inner-city youths (14 to 17 years old) and their mothers. Both maternal and adolescent perspectives were obtained with regard to the prevalence of specific reservations and the extent to which they were predictive of communication behavior. Topic-specific r…
Group Differences in Risk Across Three Domains Using an Expanded Measure of Sexual Orientation
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Mental Health, Suicidality, and Connectedness Among High School Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic — Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, United States, January–June 2021
Disruptions and consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, family loss or illness, and reduced access to health care, raise concerns about their effects on the mental health and well-being of youths. This report uses data from the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, an online survey of a probability-based, nationally representative sample of U.S. public- and …
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works)