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Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the prevalence of sexual risk behaviour (SRB) in adolescence is needed to prevent unwanted health consequences. Studies on SRB among adolescents in Central Europe are rare and mostly rely on a single indicator for SRB. This study aims to assess the association of behaviou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-15 |
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author | Kalina, Ondrej Geckova, Andrea M Jarcuska, Pavol Orosova, Olga van Dijk, Jitse P Reijneveld, Sijmen A |
author_facet | Kalina, Ondrej Geckova, Andrea M Jarcuska, Pavol Orosova, Olga van Dijk, Jitse P Reijneveld, Sijmen A |
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description | BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the prevalence of sexual risk behaviour (SRB) in adolescence is needed to prevent unwanted health consequences. Studies on SRB among adolescents in Central Europe are rare and mostly rely on a single indicator for SRB. This study aims to assess the association of behavioural and psychological factors with three types of SRB in adolescents in Central Europe. METHODS: We obtained data on behavioural factors (having been drunk during previous month, smoking during previous week, early sexual initiation), psychological factors (self-esteem, well-being, extroversion, neuroticism, religiousness), and SRB (intercourse under risky conditions, multiple sexual partners, and inconsistent condom use) in 832 Slovak university students (response 94.3%). RESULTS: Among those with sexual experience (62%), inconsistent condom use was the most prevalent risk behaviour (81% in females, 72% in males). With the exception of having been drunk in males, no factor was associated with inconsistent condom use. Regarding the other types of SRB, early sexual initiation was most strongly associated. In addition, other, mostly behavioural, factors were associated, in particular having been drunk. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that behavioural factors are more closely related to SRB than psychological factors. Associations differ by type of SRB and gender but offer few clues to target risk groups for inconsistent condom use. Results show a high need for health-promotion programmes in early adolescence that target SRB in conjunction with other health risk behaviours such as alcohol abuse. |
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spelling | pubmed-26309382009-01-27 Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students Kalina, Ondrej Geckova, Andrea M Jarcuska, Pavol Orosova, Olga van Dijk, Jitse P Reijneveld, Sijmen A BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the prevalence of sexual risk behaviour (SRB) in adolescence is needed to prevent unwanted health consequences. Studies on SRB among adolescents in Central Europe are rare and mostly rely on a single indicator for SRB. This study aims to assess the association of behavioural and psychological factors with three types of SRB in adolescents in Central Europe. METHODS: We obtained data on behavioural factors (having been drunk during previous month, smoking during previous week, early sexual initiation), psychological factors (self-esteem, well-being, extroversion, neuroticism, religiousness), and SRB (intercourse under risky conditions, multiple sexual partners, and inconsistent condom use) in 832 Slovak university students (response 94.3%). RESULTS: Among those with sexual experience (62%), inconsistent condom use was the most prevalent risk behaviour (81% in females, 72% in males). With the exception of having been drunk in males, no factor was associated with inconsistent condom use. Regarding the other types of SRB, early sexual initiation was most strongly associated. In addition, other, mostly behavioural, factors were associated, in particular having been drunk. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that behavioural factors are more closely related to SRB than psychological factors. Associations differ by type of SRB and gender but offer few clues to target risk groups for inconsistent condom use. Results show a high need for health-promotion programmes in early adolescence that target SRB in conjunction with other health risk behaviours such as alcohol abuse. BioMed Central 2009-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2630938/ /pubmed/19144112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-15 Text en Copyright © 2009 Kalina et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kalina, Ondrej Geckova, Andrea M Jarcuska, Pavol Orosova, Olga van Dijk, Jitse P Reijneveld, Sijmen A Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title | Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title_full | Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title_fullStr | Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title_short | Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students |
title_sort | psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among slovak students |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-15 |
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