From the *Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; †Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, College of Medicine; ‡Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and §Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Oct;40(10):822-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000021.
The concern that adolescent girls who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be more likely to have sex (ie, sexual disinhibition) has been commonplace in media coverage, but this belief is not held by many parents of adolescent girls. Because no studies have addressed this topic for adolescent boys, we examined parents' and their adolescent sons' beliefs in sexual disinhibition occurring after boys receive HPV vaccine.
A national sample of parents of adolescent boys (n = 547) and their sons (aged 15-17 years; n = 176) completed online surveys in fall 2010. We used multi-item scales to measure parents' and sons' beliefs in sexual disinhibition after HPV vaccination. We used multivariate linear regression to identify correlates of beliefs in sexual disinhibition.
Less than a quarter of parents or sons agreed with statements suggesting that HPV vaccination leads to sexual disinhibition among adolescent boys (range, 20%-24%). Parents who had more liberal political affiliations (β = -0.11), had a daughter who had received HPV vaccine (β = -0.12), or had no daughter (β = -0.10) reported weaker beliefs in sexual disinhibition. Parents who reported higher anticipated regret if their sons got HPV vaccine and fainted (β = 0.18) indicated stronger beliefs in sexual disinhibition. Sons who perceived higher peer acceptance of HPV vaccination (β = 0.44) or were Hispanic (β = 0.21) had stronger beliefs in sexual disinhibition.
Most parents and sons did not believe that HPV vaccination leads to sexual disinhibition among boys. Understanding the characteristics of parents and sons who hold these beliefs may help inform efforts to increase HPV vaccine uptake among boys.
人们普遍认为,接种人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)疫苗的少女更有可能发生性行为(即性抑制解除),这种担忧在媒体报道中屡见不鲜,但许多少女的父母并不认同这一观点。由于尚未有研究针对接种 HPV 疫苗的男青少年进行此项调查,我们对父母及其男青少年儿子对男孩接种 HPV 疫苗后发生性抑制解除的信念进行了调查。
我们采用全国性样本,调查了青少年男童的父母(n = 547)及其儿子(年龄为 15-17 岁;n = 176)在 2010 年秋季完成的在线调查。我们使用多项目量表来衡量父母和儿子对 HPV 疫苗接种后性抑制解除的信念。我们采用多元线性回归来确定对性抑制解除信念的影响因素。
不到四分之一的父母或儿子认同 HPV 疫苗接种会导致男青少年性抑制解除的说法(范围为 20%-24%)。政治立场更自由(β = -0.11)、女儿接种 HPV 疫苗(β = -0.12)或没有女儿(β = -0.10)的父母报告称,他们对性抑制解除的信念较弱。如果儿子接种 HPV 疫苗后晕倒,父母报告称他们预期的遗憾更高(β = 0.18),则表示他们对性抑制解除的信念更强。认为同龄人更能接受 HPV 疫苗接种(β = 0.44)或认为自己是西班牙裔(β = 0.21)的儿子则对性抑制解除的信念更强。
大多数父母和儿子并不认为 HPV 疫苗接种会导致男孩发生性抑制解除。了解持有这些信念的父母和儿子的特点,可能有助于促进男青少年 HPV 疫苗接种。