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ELECTRONIC ARTICLE: Gina M. Wingood, Ralph J. DiClemente, Donna Hubbard McCree, Kathy Harrington, and Susan L. Davies Dating Violence and the Sexual Health of Black Adolescent Females Pediatrics 2001; 107: e72 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Postulate Other Data

Anthony Faircloth   (18 June 2001)

Re: Postulate Other Data

Gina Wingood   (20 June 2001)

Postulate Other Data 18 June 2001
Anthony Faircloth, Exec. Director of Youth Outreach Send letter to journal: Re: Postulate Other Data ignisdomi{at}yahoo.com Anthony Faircloth	Dear Sirs, I run a youth outreach organization in Pensacola, Florida so I frequently deal with youth, children and families of differing ethnic backgrounds. I read an article based on your findings from the May 2001 issue of "Pediatrics" concerning x-rated movie viewing and adolescent sexual behavior. I was wondered what your thoughts were concerning the following questions: (I understand that your answers may be postulated and not directly associated with your published work.) >How do other ethnic groups line up with your study? >How does the black ethnic culture fit in? >How does familial involvement effect your results? >How does religious involvement effect your results? Thanking you in advance for your time and patience. Sincerely, Anthony Faircloth
Re: Postulate Other Data 20 June 2001
Gina Wingood, Assistant Professor Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Send letter to journal: Re: Re: Postulate Other Data gwingoo{at}sph.emory.edu Gina Wingood	Hi Dr. Faircloth, Thanks for responding to my article you ask several intriguing questions: First, you inquired as to how do other ethnic groups line up with your study? We did not conduct research with ethnic groups, aside from African-Americans. However, based on the Kaiser report on Kids, Media and the New Millenium African- American adolescents view more significantly more movies compared to White adolescents. This report did not look at exposure to X-rated movies. However, given that White adolescents may receive less exposure than African-American teens the relationship may not be as strong. You also inquired as to how does the black ethnic culture fit in? This is a really good but hard question to answer. I am not sure if it black ethnic culture or socioeconomic factors that may play an important role in this relationship. This lead to your next question as to how does familial involvement effect our results? In our study, greater familial involvement was strongly associated with exposure to X-rated media. Parental monitoring of adolescents media use, is a conerstone of many media studies conducted with adolescents and extends to this article also. You further inquired about religious involvement and its effect on our results? There was no relationship between religious involvement and our study findings. Thanks for your interest, Sincerely, Gina M. Wingood, ScD, MPH