Furlanetto Milene Fontana, Ghedin Dienifer Mattos, Gonçalves Tonantzin Ribeiro, Marin Angela Helena
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Psicol Reflex Crit. 2019 Dec 23;32(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s41155-019-0138-z.
Adolescent sexual practices have been widely investigated as experiences that pose potential risks for health. The present study, therefore, aimed to investigate individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation, sexual activity before the age of 15 years, and inconsistent condom use. A total of 253 adolescents aged 11 to 18 years, from public schools in the capital and metropolitan region of Rio Grande do Sul, were interviewed. They answered a questionnaire covering sociodemographic data and sexual behaviors and completed the Perception of Family Support Inventory. The data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics and it was verified that both individual (higher level of education, school repetition, and use of licit and illicit substances) and contextual factors (perception of less affective-consistent support and greater autonomy from the family) were related to sexual initiation among adolescents. The associations found for the groups with sexual initiation before and after 15 years of age were similar, indicating that age did not increase the exposure to risks. Inconsistent condom use was related to the use of tobacco and other drugs. Taken together, the results indicated the co-occurrence of risk behaviors, such as sexual risks and substance abuse, as well as highlighting some family characteristics as protective factors.
青少年性行为作为对健康构成潜在风险的经历已得到广泛研究。因此，本研究旨在调查与首次性行为、15岁前的性活动以及不规范使用避孕套相关的个体因素和环境因素。对来自南里奥格兰德州首府和大都市地区公立学校的253名11至18岁青少年进行了访谈。他们回答了一份涵盖社会人口数据和性行为的问卷，并完成了家庭支持感知量表。通过描述性和推断性统计对数据进行了分析，结果证实个体因素（较高的教育水平、留级以及使用合法和非法药物）和环境因素（对情感一致支持的感知较少以及家庭给予的更大自主权）均与青少年的首次性行为有关。在15岁之前和之后开始有性行为的群体中发现的关联相似，这表明年龄并未增加风险暴露。不规范使用避孕套与吸烟和使用其他药物有关。综合来看，研究结果表明性风险和药物滥用等风险行为同时存在，同时也凸显了一些家庭特征作为保护因素。
