Long-Term Health Correlates of Timing of Sexual Debut: Results From a National US Study

Sandfort, Theo; Orr, Mark; Hirsch, Jennifer S.; Santelli, John

doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.097444

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“…7,8 Definitions of "early" FSI have varied, and include age 15 years and younger 2,4,9 or 16 years and younger, 7,10 or quartiles or tertiles of age at FSI in a study population. 11,12 Previous prospective studies have demonstrated that a range of biological, social, and psychological precursors such as early puberty, childhood adversity, low socioeconomic status, dysfunctional family relationships, absence of a biological father at home, poor school adjustment, adolescent depression, and low self-esteem are associated with earlier age at FSI. 13,14 In addition, prospective studies have revealed associations between individual child and adolescent problem behaviors largely of the externalizing type and early FSI.…”

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Childhood Behavior Problems and Age at First Sexual Intercourse: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Skinner¹,

Robinson

Smith

et al. 2015

Pediatrics

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Early first sexual intercourse (FSI) is a risk factor for unplanned teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection, and adverse social, emotional, and physical health outcomes in adolescence and into adulthood. The aim of this study was to examine relationships between internalizing (eg, anxious/depressed, withdrawn) and externalizing (eg, delinquent, aggressive) behavior problems in childhood and age at FSI.

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Section: What This Study Addsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Childhood Behavior Problems and Age at First Sexual Intercourse: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Skinner¹,

Robinson

Smith

et al. 2015

Pediatrics

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“…Religiosity has a protective association with sexual activity and number of partners (Edwards et al, 2011) but both late and early sexual debut were associated with sexual problems such as problems with arousal and orgasm among men compared to men with a normative sexual debut age (Sandfort et al, 2008).…”

Section: The Sexual Debutmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Sandfort et al (2008) analysed data from the 1996 National Health Survey, a cross-sectional population study of adult Americans. They found that people who postponed their first sexual experience were less likely to have risky sexual partners or have sex under the influence of alcohol and drugs.…”

Section: The Sexual Debutmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

Kastbom¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: Sexual behaviour among schoolchildren and adolescents is a sparsely researched area and there are delicate methodological obstacles and ethical concerns when conducting such research. Still it is a subject that engages both parents and professionals. A sexualized behaviour or an early sexual debut (younger than 14 years) can be a sign of sexual abuse. It is therefore of importance to describe what is common and what is uncommon sexual behaviour among children and what the consequences of an early or a late sexual debut may be for the individual upon reaching late adolescence. Adolescents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are also a group that needs further attention and research since they are often described as having a lower quality of life and more often experience child abuse than heterosexual teens. Aims: The research leading to this thesis had four goals: 1) to elucidate the sexual behaviour of children between the ages of 7 and 13 as observed by their parents, 2) to investigate the relationship between an early sexual debut (before 14 years of age) and socio-demographic data, sexual experience, health, experience of child abuse and behaviour at 18-years-of-age, 3) to explore associations with no sexual debut (no oral, vaginal or anal sex) at the age of 18, and 4) to describe the relationship between sexual identification and socio-demographic background data, sexual behaviour, health and health behaviour, experiences of child sexual and/or physical abuse and present behaviour among Swedish adolescents. Methods: The parents of 418 children answered questionnaires about their child’s behaviour, both general and sexual, and a sample of 3432 Swedish high school students completed a survey about sexuality, health and abuse at the age of 18. In addition, 362 members of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) completed the same survey at a mean age of 21.4 years. Results: Most of the sexual behaviours among the schoolchildren were common, and in part related to, or varied with, age and gender. A small number of sexual behaviours often referred to as sexualised or problematic behaviours (for example, kissing adults with the tongue, imitating intercourse, masturbating in public, and touching other children’s genitals with the mouth) were found to be very unusual or not reported by any parent in this normative group of Swedish children. Among the adolescents, an early debut (younger than 14 years of age) correlated positively with number of partners, experience of oral and anal sex, smoking, drug and alcohol use and antisocial behaviour, such as being violent, lying, stealing and running away from home. Girls with an early sexual debut had significantly more experience of sexual abuse while boys with an early sexual debut were more likely to have a weak sense of coherence, low self-esteem and poor mental health, together with experience of sexual abuse, selling sex and physical abuse. A multiple logistic regression model showed that a number...

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“…Of many factors which predispose them to high risk include the early onset of sexual activity during the teen years (Ma, 2009;Sandfort, Orr, Hirsch, & Santelli, 2008;Hallet, 2007); the probability of multiple partnerships (Shelton, 2009;Kalichman et al, 2007); general non use or inconsistent use of condoms (Cherutich, Brentlinger, Nduati, Kiarie, & Farquhar, 2008); and the reported tendency of adolescents to perceive themselves to both physically and psychologically invulnerable which in turn is related to the conduct of a variety of risk behaviors (Menser, 2010). Robbins et al, (2010) noted that in areas of high HIV seroprevalence, infection will most likely occur in adolescence with early sexual exposure and therefore suggests that programs must educate adolescents about the risk involved with specific behavior and how to reduce those risks.…”

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The Influence of HIV-AIDS Public Enlightenment Campaigns on Adolescents Sexual Behavior in Nigeria

Adegoke¹,

Fife²,

Ogunnika³

et al. 2014

JESR

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Long-Term Health Correlates of Timing of Sexual Debut: Results From a National US Study

Cited by 321 publications

References 34 publications

Childhood Behavior Problems and Age at First Sexual Intercourse: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Childhood Behavior Problems and Age at First Sexual Intercourse: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

The Influence of HIV-AIDS Public Enlightenment Campaigns on Adolescents Sexual Behavior in Nigeria

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