Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of 301 Adolescents and 300 Parents Representing Unique Dyads

Adolescent Demographics and Covariates	% or Mean (SD)
Age (14–15y)	47
Gender (female)	62
Ethnicity (Hispanic)	72
Lack of Sexual Experience (no experience beyond kissing)	65
Previous Research Participation for adolescent (had experience)	13
Parental Conversations (scale 1–4; higher score indicating more conversations)
Relationships (talks with parent about dating, sexual pressure, etc.)	2.72 (1.27)
Sexual Health (talks with parent about condoms, birth control, etc.)	3.09 (1.27)
Parental Involvement (PI) (scale 1–4; higher score indicating more PI)
LEARN (parent learning about test results)	2.95 (1.33)
PROCEDURE (parent involved in the procedures of the study)	3.07 (1.11)
Parent Demographics and Covariates
Gender (female)	91
Ethnicity (Hispanic)	71
Perceived Level of Adolescent Sexual Experience
No experience beyond kissing	46
Sexual contact beyond kissing	25
Don’t know	29
Previous Research Experience for either parent or adolescent (had experience)	27
Adolescent Conversations (scale 1–4; higher score indicating more conversations)
Relationships (talks with adolescent about dating, sexual pressure, etc.)	2.85 (1.25)
Sexual Health (talks with adolescent about condoms, birth control, etc.)	3.16 (1.15)
Parental Involvement (PI) (scale 1–4; higher score indicating more PI)
LEARN (parent learning about test results)	3.73 (0.75)
PROCEDURE (parent involved in the procedures of the study)	3.74 (0.69)
Family Environment Scale (t-scores: Mean=50, SD=10)
Cohesion	52.0 (12.1)
Control	58.0 (8.2)
Organization	54.6 (11.4)
Conflict	49.7 (11.2)
Moral-religious emphasis	57.2 (8.3)
Expression	50.4 (9.4)