Effects of Familial Attachment, Social Support, Involvement, and Self-Esteem on Youth Substance Use and Sexual Risk Taking

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Hamme Peterson ◽  
Trevor J. Buser ◽  
Nancy G. Westburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking

scholarly journals Linking Patterns of Substance Use With Sexual Risk-Taking Among Female Adolescents With and Without Histories of Maltreatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Rivera ◽  
Bethany C. Bray ◽  
Kate Guastaferro ◽  
Kari Kugler ◽  
Jennie G. Noll
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking

Associations of sexual risk-taking with having intercourse before 15 years in adolescent females in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sexual Health ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B. Langille ◽  
Mark Asbridge ◽  
Gordon Flowerdew ◽  
Michael Allen
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Vaginal Intercourse ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviours

Background: This study was carried out to determine whether having first vaginal intercourse before 15 years of age is independently associated with sexual risk behaviours in Canadian female adolescents aged from 15 to 19 years. Methods: Self-completion surveys which included questions about sexual risk behaviours were carried out at three high schools in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, in May 2006. The survey also contained questions asking about socioeconomic status, substance use and depression. Associations of early intercourse with risk behaviours were assessed using unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression. Results: The survey response rate was 92.5%. Of the 797 females aged 15–19 years responding, 475 had had vaginal intercourse in the previous year; 132 of these (27.8%) had intercourse before the age of 15 years. In adjusted analysis, early vaginal intercourse was associated with not using a condom at last intercourse (odds ratio (OR) 2.22; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.40–3.54), unplanned intercourse in the previous year due to substance use (OR 2.45; 95% CI 1.49–4.04), having a casual partner at last intercourse (OR 2.10; 95% CI 1.23–3.56) and having three or more partners for vaginal intercourse in the previous year (OR 5.11; 95% CI 2.86–9.14). Conclusions: A history of having first intercourse before 15 years is associated with subsequent sexual risk-taking behaviours in adolescent females. These associations have clinical importance because the occurrence of early intercourse can alert health care providers to the possible presence of these risk behaviours. They also underscore the need to develop and assess programs which can delay the onset of sexual debut.

Adolescent self-efficacy, self-esteem and sexual risk-taking

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen Rosenthal ◽  
Susan Moore ◽  
Irene Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking

Associations between substance use, sexual risk taking and HIV treatment adherence among homeless people living with HIV

AIDS Care ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Friedman ◽  
Michael P. Marshal ◽  
Ron Stall ◽  
Daniel P. Kidder ◽  
Kirk D. Henny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Treatment Adherence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

Young women's sexual risk taking behaviour: re-visiting the influences of sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-esteem

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Seal ◽  
V. Minichiello ◽  
M. Omodei
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Negatively Associated

Summary: This study investigates the influences on young women's sexual risk taking of (a) attitudes such as sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-esteem and (b) personal and sexual characteristics, such as age, the age of first sexual experience, the number of sexual partners and reported overall amount of sex. Three hundred and thirty-one young women participated in this study. With respect to regular sexual relationships, the results show that risk taking behaviour is directly and positively associated with sexual self-esteem. The effect of sexual self-efficacy on risk taking in regular relationships, however, is indirect and positive, being mediated by the overall amount of sexual activity. In contrast, with respect to casual sexual relationships, risk taking behaviour is negatively associated with self-esteem and positively associated with sexual self-efficacy. In addition, sexual self-esteem influences casual risk taking indirectly and positively, the effect being mediated by the overall amount of sexual activity. The findings in relation to sexual self-esteem and sexual self-efficacy are contrary to the expectations that these variables would be negatively associated with sexual risk taking behaviours. The implications for safe sex education are discussed.

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