University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2011 Aug;36(7):743-52. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr003. Epub 2011 Feb 19.
Maltreated female adolescents are at risk for engaging in sexual behaviors consistent with HIV infection and teen pregnancy. The current study applied a model positing the key role of psychological dysregulation in the development of adolescent females' sexual behavior.
The sample consisted of adolescent females aged 14-17 years who had experienced substantiated childhood maltreatment (n = 275) and a demographically matched, non-maltreated comparison group (n = 210).
Multiple mediator analysis revealed that, when in company with a host of plausible mechanisms, sexual preoccupation mediated the relationship between psychological dysregulation and risky sexual behaviors.
Maltreated females may have difficulty regulating emotions, cognitions, and behaviors, which, when coupled with a propensity to entertain sexual thoughts and consume sexually explicit materials, may increase the likelihood that they act on sexual impulses and engage in high-risk sexual behaviors.
受虐待的女性青少年有发生符合 HIV 感染和青少年怀孕的性行为的风险。本研究应用了一个假设,即心理失调在青少年女性性行为发展中的关键作用。
该样本由经历过证实的儿童虐待的 14-17 岁女性青少年组成(n=275)和一个在人口统计学上匹配的、未受虐待的对照组(n=210)。
多重中介分析显示,当与一系列合理的机制结合时,性专注在心理失调与风险性行为之间的关系中起中介作用。
受虐待的女性可能难以调节情绪、认知和行为,而当她们倾向于产生性思想和消费色情材料时,这可能会增加她们根据性冲动行事并从事高风险性行为的可能性。