Psychosocial predictors of adolescent sexual behavior

Lakshmi, P V M; Gupta, Nitin; Kumar, Rajesh

doi:10.1007/s12098-007-0170-3

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“…However, Bachanas et al, (2002) failed to find that adaptive coping was a resilience factor for sexual risk behaviors in an adolescent sample. Other recent studies did not find that coping behavior was an explanatory factor with respect to sexual practices in adolescents (Lakshmi, Gupta, & Kumar, 2007). Like other research that failed to find links between emotion-focused coping and sexual risk behavior (Lindberg, 2000;Ickovics et al, 2002), in the current study "reference to others" coping style did not predict risk behaviors.…”

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Sexual Sensation Seeking, Social Stress, and Coping Styles as Predictors of HIV/STD Risk Behaviors in Adolescents

Teva

Bermúdez

2009

Youth & Society

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The aim of this study was to assess whether coping styles, social stress, and sexual sensation seeking were predictors of HIV/STD risk behaviours in adolescents. A representative sample of 4,456 female and male Spanish high school students aged 13 to 18 years participated. A stratified random sampling procedure was used. Self-report questionnaires on coping styles, social stress, sexual sensation seeking, and sexual behavior were administered to participants at their high schools. Sexual sensation seeking predicted whether sex was with a casual partner and whether drugs were used at the last sexual intercourse in males and females. Nonproductive coping was a risk factor in the use of drugs at the last sexual intercourse in males. Problemsolving coping style was related to a lower likelihood in the use of drugs at the last sexual encounter in females and to a higher likelihood of condom use at last sexual intercourse in males. Social stress increased the likelihood of having used drugs at last sexual intercourse in females. This study highlights the need to incorporate sexual sensation seeking, social stress, and coping styles in HIV/STD prevention programs aimed at adolescents.

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Sexual Sensation Seeking, Social Stress, and Coping Styles as Predictors of HIV/STD Risk Behaviors in Adolescents

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Bermúdez

2009

Youth & Society

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“…All were school going, in classes between standard three and form four (equivalent to grades 3 and 11). This age range is significant because adolescence is a period of physical, biological, emotional, and social maturation and transition, and decisions taken at this stage can impact negatively or positively on a person's life opportunities and behavioural patterns (Lakshmi et al 2007). There were eight female and seven male orphaned children.…”

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The nature of relationships between orphans and their kinship carers in Botswana

Malinga

2013

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TGenerations of parents lost to AIDS and other causes have created a vacuum of care for the orphaned children they leave behind. This crisis has resulted in rapid changes in caregiving and family life, with extended family members, having to care for orphaned children. As a result of high numbers of vulnerable orphaned children residing with kinship carers, and the fundamental importance of the relationship between carers and orphaned children, we need to understand more about these relationships. This paper explores the nature of orphaned children-kinship carer relationships in Botswana. Interview guides were used to collect data from 15 caregivers and 15 orphaned children. The results indicate that the nature of relationships between orphaned children and caregivers is influenced by the way the parties communicate, how adolescents behave and the competing responsibilities of caregivers. Lastly, the paper recommends how positive relationships can be developed and nurtured between orphaned children and their caregivers in an African setting.

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“…Their sexual decisions often have negative consequences on behavioral and health patterns (Lakshmi, Gupta, & Kumar, 2007). Positively, peer pressure among teenagers can enhance positive lifestyle choices such as abstinence, condom use, and faithfulness (Htshwarang & Maling-Musamba, 2013).…”

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“…These are also socialization instruments that provide adolescents with a frame of reference; hence they guide, educate, and transform the individual's behavior and lifestyles. Adolescents' sexual behavior is governed by their own social norms and values (Kabiru & Ezeh, 2007;Lakshmi et al, 2007). These social norms and values are often derived from the cultural myths in the society.…”

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The Role of Cultural Proverbs and Myths in Shaping Sexual Worldviews of Adolescents in Botswana: Evidence from an HIV/STD Prevention Research Study

Malinga

Ntshwarang

2014

Social Work in Public Health

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The literature has shown that adolescents are exposed to socio-cultural activities that put them at risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. To develop effective intervention strategies and programs, it is imperative to understand how the cultural proverbs and myths create sexual norms and shape the worldview of adolescents. The findings indicate that some cultural proverbs and myths negatively influence adolescents hence expose them to risky sexual behaviors.

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Psychosocial predictors of adolescent sexual behavior

Abstract: Cultural norms rather than the individual/psychological factors tend to govern adolescent sexual behavior in Indian society.

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Sexual Sensation Seeking, Social Stress, and Coping Styles as Predictors of HIV/STD Risk Behaviors in Adolescents

Sexual Sensation Seeking, Social Stress, and Coping Styles as Predictors of HIV/STD Risk Behaviors in Adolescents

The nature of relationships between orphans and their kinship carers in Botswana

The Role of Cultural Proverbs and Myths in Shaping Sexual Worldviews of Adolescents in Botswana: Evidence from an HIV/STD Prevention Research Study

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