Early childhood risk and protective factors and their association with adolescent sexual behaviors: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior research examined associations between social-ecological risk and protective factors and adolescents' sexual behaviors. However, scarce research explored how factors in early childhood impact adolescents' sexual behavior.

Methods

In this study, we used a socioeconomically and racially diverse sample from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,281; 51.3% male; 21.76% White, 50.1% Black, 24.61% Latinx) to uncover latent classes of early childhood social-ecological risk and protective factors, examine the demographic characteristics of each latent class, and examine how these classes are associated with adolescents' sexual behaviors.

Results

Four latent classes were identified: Multidimensional Protective (21.5%), Socioeconomic Status Ri

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12500099 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature