Sexual possibility situations and sexual behaviors among young adolescents: The moderating role of protective factors

Correlates of Ever had Sex and of Recent Sex among Teenagers and Young Unmarried Adults in The Democratic Republic of Congo

“…The capacity to resist having sex might reflect a positive attitude towards delaying having sex. A positive attitude towards delaying engaging in sexual relationship has been found to limit the early initiation of sexual intercourse (Dilorio et al 2004). To delay the onset of sexual activity, intervention programs should enhance young people's social skills in order to empower them to divert the pressure exerted by others to have sex.…”

Confidence as a Predictor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes for Youth

“…However, a cross-sectional analysis of a mixed-gender and mixed-ethnicity sample found no significant association between adolescents' social identity and pregnancy [100]. The same study reported a risk association between a popular social identity and outcomes of having ever had sex and a sexual risk index; however, two studies reported no association for these same behavioral outcomes [35,101]. All studies identified as examining social identity used samples with similar age and racial/ethnic distributions.…”

HIV Prevention Among African American Youth: How Well Have Evidence-Based Interventions Addressed Key Theoretical Constructs?

“…Activities could operationalize more than one theoretical construct, so we counted the activity minutes for all Intentions High intentions to have sex, associated with increased ever had sex [77,78] Environmental conditions Sexual possibility situations New partner in the last month, associated with higher STD incidence [39] More time spent with steady boyfriend, associated with more unprotected sex [40] Longer relationship, associated with more unprotected sex [40] Shorter relationship (\1 yr), associated with higher STD incidence [42] More time spent with member of opposite sex, associated with earlier age at first sex [41] Parental connectedness Higher connectedness to mother, associated with decreased ever had sex [52][53][54][55], and less unprotected sex [52,55] Perceived family support, associated with decreased ever had sex [46], fewer sexual partners [46], and less unprotected sex [46,56,57] Child reports higher family conflict, associated with increased ever had sex [58], earlier age at first sex [58,59], more unprotected sex [58], and more sexual partners [58] Parental involvement Time spent in shared activities with mother, associated with decreased ever had sex [49,58], later age at first sex [58], fewer sexual partners [58], and less unprotected sex [58] Time spent with parents, associated with later age at first sex [47,62], less unprotected sex [47], and fewer sexual partners [47] Time spent with father, associated with later age at first sex [49] Participation in family decision making, associated with later age at first sex [49] Parent communication More communicatio...…”

“…The theoretical constructs having the greatest evidence, based on the literature review, of influence on HIV risk behaviors were environmental conditions and perceived norms. Specifically, under environmental conditions, variables associated with an increase in all five of the sexual risk behaviors of interest included sexual possibility situations (e.g., time alone with a member of the opposite sex) [39][40][41][42], media influences [43,44], and a variety of societal and cultural factors (e.g., socioeconomic status, neighborhood disorganization) [45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. Environmental conditions that were associated with a decreased risk of all five of the sexual risk behaviors of interest included parental connectedness (e.g., emotional closeness) [ Under the category of perceived norms, several variables were found to be associated with all of the sexual risk behaviors of interest.…”