Applying Self-Determination Theory to Adolescent Sexual-Risk Behavior and Knowledge: A Structural Equation Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina H. Riley ◽  
Ryon C. McDermott
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Knowledge

BACKGROUND: National health priorities identify adolescent sexual-risk behavior outcomes as research and intervention targets for mental health. OBJECTIVE: Reduce sexual-risk behavioral outcomes by applying self-determination theory to focus on decision-making autonomy. This study examined late adolescents’ recollections of parental autonomy support/sexual-risk communication experiences and autonomy motivation as predictors of sexual-risk behaviors/knowledge. METHOD: A convenience sample ( N = 249) of 19- and 20-year-old university students completed self-report questionnaires. Structural equation modeling with latent variables examined direct/indirect effects in the hypothesized model. RESULTS: Parents contributed uniquely through sexual-risk communication and/or autonomy support to late adolescents’ autonomous motivation. The final model evidenced acceptable fit and explained 12% of the variation in adolescent sexual-risk behavior, 7% in adolescent autonomous motivation, and 2% in adolescent sexual-risk knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric mental health nurses should conduct further research and design interventions promoting parent autonomy support and adolescent autonomous motivation to reduce sexual risk-behavior and increase sexual-risk knowledge.

Communication of Sexual Risk Behavior among Late Adolescents

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon E. Lock ◽  
Stephanie L. Ferguson ◽  
Carl Wise ◽  
Carol W. Kennedy ◽  
Nancy Lois Ruth Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Late Adolescents

Rural Mexican-American Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Dimmitt Champion ◽  
Pat Kelly ◽  
Rochelle N. Shain ◽  
Jeanna M. Piper
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk

Autonomous Motivation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours Among Bedouin Students in Israel: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haya Kaplan ◽  
Nir Madjar
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Environmental Behaviours

AbstractPromoting pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) among students is a major concern for educators. The present article presents an educational program based on a self-determination theory framework (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000) and a study demonstrating that working according to the theoretical principles presented in the program leads to the desired outcomes. The primary aim of the study was to test whether a hypothesised model in which autonomy support by students’ parents and moderators in a large-scale intervention program would be associated with autonomous motivation, which would in turn lead to PEBs, over and above the contributions of the students’ self-perceived competence and relatedness. The participants were 102 Bedouin high-school students (Grades 8 to 10) sampled from a cultural background characterised by a collectivist-hierarchical society in Israel. The results, based on structural equation modelling, indicated that moderators and parental autonomy support, as well as self-perceived relatedness and competence, were associated with students’ autonomous motivation, which in turn was associated with pro-environmental behaviours (including cleaning behaviours, activism, and preserving behaviours). The study supported the hypothesised model and demonstrated that SDT can be utilised as a theoretical framework for educational programs aimed at improving students’ self-determined PEBs.

scholarly journals Childhood Behavior Problems and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: Familial Confounding in the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATSS)

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly L. Donahue ◽  
Paul Lichtenstein ◽  
Sebastian Lundström ◽  
Henrik Anckarsäter ◽  
Clara Hellner Gumpert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Childhood Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk ◽  
Childhood Behavior Problems

HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Among Late Adolescents in Nepal

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215
Author(s):  
Ganga Mahat ◽  
Geeta Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
Aids Knowledge ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of this study was to explore HIV/AIDS knowledge and self-efficacy for limiting sexual risk behavior in Nepalese late adolescents attending college. A convenience sample of 229 baccalaureate college students completed three instruments: demographic, HIV/AIDS knowledge questions and the self-efficacy for limiting sexual risk behavior questions. The findings of this study showed that Nepalese youth had moderate HIV/AIDS knowledge and a moderate level of self-efficacy. However, they lacked knowledge in certain aspects of HIV transmission. HIV/AIDS knowledge was strongly correlated with self-efficacy for limiting sexual risk behavior. There was no statistical difference in HIV/AIDS knowledge and self-efficacy by gender. However, when each self-efficacy item was analyzed by gender, there were significant differences in a few items by gender. ANOVA analysis showed no significant differences on HIV/AIDS knowledge and self-efficacy by the level of education. The findings of this study indicate that there is a need for developing school-based and/or community-based programs that will increase HIV/AIDS awareness among youth and help them develop decision making and communication skills. It is also important to look at the school and college curricula and integrate more HIV/AIDS information in the curriculum.

Adolescent sexual risk behavior: a multi-system perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth A Kotchick ◽  
Anne Shaffer ◽  
Kim S Miller ◽  
Rex Forehand
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk

scholarly journals Pathways for African American Success: Results of Three-Arm Randomized Trial to Test the Effects of Technology-Based Delivery for Rural African American Families

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velma McBride Murry ◽  
Cady Berkel ◽  
Misha N Inniss-Thompson ◽  
Marlena L Debreaux
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
African American ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Group Condition

Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of a technology-based program to avert risky behaviors among rural African American youth. We hypothesized that the technology-based and group-based formats of the Pathways for African Americans Success (PAAS) program would lead to improvements in primary outcomes, and that the technology condition would perform at least as well as the group condition. Methods A three-arm Randomized Control Trial (RCT) ([N = 141] technology-based delivery, [N = 141] small group delivery, and [N = 136] literature control) was conducted with 421 sixth graders and their caregivers, Summer 2009–Fall 2012. Families were recruited from five rural counties in Tennessee and completed baseline, posttest [M = 14.5 (4.4) months after pretest] and long-term follow-up [M = 22.6 (3.7) months after posttest]. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test intervention-induced changes in both parents and youths’ primary outcomes (pretest to posttest) and on secondary targeted outcome, youth sexual risk, and substance use patterns (pretest to follow-up). Results Parents in the technology condition reported significant increases in strategies to reduce risk. Youth in the technology condition experienced a significant decline in intent to engage in risk behaviors and reduction in substance use and sexual risk behavior. Youth in the group condition experienced a significant increase in affiliation with deviant peers. Conclusions This study provides evidence of the ability of eHealth to improve parenting and reduce adolescent engagement in substance use and sexual risk behavior. Suggestions for dissemination in schools and health-care systems are offered.

Influence of Parent Psychopathology on Adolescent Sexual-Risk Behavior

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Hadley ◽  
Celia Lescano ◽  
Marina Toloushams ◽  
Heather Hunter ◽  
Katelyn Affleck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Parent Psychopathology ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk
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