Kovensky Rachel, Khurana Atika, Guyer Sally, Leve Leslie D
Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Adolescents. 2021 Mar;1(1):56-69. doi: 10.3390/adolescents1010006. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
Sexual risk behavior in adolescence can lead to adverse health consequences, particularly for female youth. Most interventions focus on imparting knowledge about the consequences of such behaviors, even though little research has examined whether increasing such knowledge results in desired behavioral changes. Further, individual factors such as impulsivity and childhood adversity might moderate this relationship. We examined associations between HIV knowledge and sexual risk behavior and condom use efficacy in a sample of 122 at-risk females, aged 13-18. HIV knowledge was unrelated to sexual risk behavior, but positively related to condom use efficacy. Impulsivity and childhood adversity had direct effects, with no interaction effects. Increasing HIV knowledge may play an important role in promoting proximal predictors of safer sex practices.
青少年的性风险行为会导致不良健康后果，对年轻女性尤其如此。大多数干预措施都侧重于传授此类行为后果的知识，尽管很少有研究考察增加此类知识是否会带来期望的行为改变。此外，冲动性和童年逆境等个体因素可能会调节这种关系。我们在122名年龄在13至18岁的高危女性样本中，研究了艾滋病病毒知识与性风险行为以及避孕套使用效果之间的关联。艾滋病病毒知识与性风险行为无关，但与避孕套使用效果呈正相关。冲动性和童年逆境有直接影响，没有交互作用。增加艾滋病病毒知识可能在促进更安全性行为的近端预测因素方面发挥重要作用。
