Zafra-Agea José Antonio, Ramírez-Baraldes Estel la, García-Salido Cristina, García-Gutiérrez Daniel, Vilafranca-Cartagena Mireia
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences at Manresa, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Sep 4;12(17):1762. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12171762.
Adolescence is a critical period for the development of affectivity and sexuality. Adolescents begin to explore their sexual identities, form intimate relationships, and learn to manage their emotions in new and complex contexts. This study aims to analyze the prevalence of habits and behaviors related to the affective-sexual health of adolescents in the fourth year of ESO, identifying risk factors, comparing their behaviors and risks, monitoring these behaviors, analyzing their pornography consumption, and evaluating the use of the internet as a source of sexual information.
Descriptive cross-sectional study using questionnaires. Participants are fourth-year ESO students from a school in the Baix Llobregat province (Catalonia), aged between 14 and 18 years. Descriptive and bivariate statistical analyses are conducted using the chi-square test and -value calculations with the R Project software. Frequency and percentage analyses are also used to describe the health behaviors of the participants.
The study reveals that girls have better knowledge of the contraceptive pill and male condom than boys. Sexual initiation and condom use management vary between the genders, with girls being more capable of persuading their partners to use them. Pornography consumption also shows significant differences in terms of the age of initiation and frequency between boys and girls.
This study on adolescent affectivity and sexuality reveals knowledge about contraceptives, early sexual initiation, and high pornography consumption, highlighting the need for early and diverse affective-sexual education, youth empowerment, and media misinformation management to promote safer and healthier behaviors within municipal public health.
青春期是情感和性发展的关键时期。青少年开始探索自己的性身份，建立亲密关系，并学会在新的复杂环境中管理自己的情绪。本研究旨在分析义务教育阶段第四年学生中与青少年情感-性健康相关的习惯和行为的流行情况，确定风险因素，比较他们的行为和风险，监测这些行为，分析他们对色情内容的消费情况，并评估互联网作为性信息来源的使用情况。
采用问卷调查进行描述性横断面研究。参与者是来自下洛布雷加特省（加泰罗尼亚）一所学校的义务教育阶段第四年学生，年龄在14至18岁之间。使用卡方检验和R项目软件进行描述性和双变量统计分析。还使用频率和百分比分析来描述参与者的健康行为。
研究表明，女孩比男孩对避孕药和男用避孕套有更好的了解。性开始和避孕套使用管理在性别之间存在差异，女孩更有能力说服她们的伴侣使用避孕套。在开始年龄和频率方面，男孩和女孩的色情内容消费也存在显著差异。
这项关于青少年情感和性的研究揭示了有关避孕药具、过早性开始和高色情内容消费的情况，强调需要开展早期和多样化的情感-性教育、增强青年权能以及管理媒体错误信息，以促进市政公共卫生范围内更安全、更健康的行为。
