Same-Sex Sexual Attraction Does Not Spread in Adolescent Social Networks

被引：13

作者：

Brakefield, Tiffany A. ^{[1
]}

Mednick, Sara C. ^{[2
]}

Wilson, Helen W. ^{[1
]}

De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel ^{[3
,4
]}

Christakis, Nicholas A. ^{[5
,6
,7
]}

Fowler, James H. ^{[8
,9
]}

机构：

[1] Rosalind Franklin Univ Med & Sci, Dept Psychol, N Chicago, IL 60064 USA

[2] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Psychiat, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

[3] UCL, Sch Publ Policy, London, England

[4] London Sch Econ, Ctr Econ Performance, London WC2A 2AE, England

[5] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Boston, MA USA

[6] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[7] Harvard Univ, Dept Sociol, Fac Arts & Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[8] Univ Calif San Diego, Div Med Genet, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[9] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Polit Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

来源：

ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR | 2014年 / 43卷 / 02期

关键词：

Adolescents; Sexual attraction; Sexual orientation; Social networks; RISK BEHAVIOR; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; ORIENTATION; FEMALE; FAMILY; GAY; DETERMINANTS; FAMILIALITY; PREDICTORS; CHROMOSOME;

D O I：

10.1007/s10508-013-0142-9

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Peers have a powerful effect on adolescents' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Here, we examine the role of social networks in the spread of attitudes towards sexuality using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Although we found evidence that both sexual activity (OR = 1.79) and desire to have a romantic relationship (OR = 2.69) may spread from person to person, attraction to same sex partners did not spread (OR = 0.96). Analyses of comparable power to those that suggest positive and significant peer-to-peer influence in sexual behavior fail to demonstrate a significant relationship on sexual attraction between friends or siblings. These results suggest that peer influence has little or no effect on the tendency toward heterosexual or homosexual attraction in teens, and that sexual orientation is not transmitted via social networks.

引用

页码：335 / 344

页数：10

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