The Association of Religiosity, Sexual Education, and Parental Factors with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Haglund, Kristin; Fehring, Richard J.

doi:10.1007/s10943-009-9267-5

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“…This finding is supported by earlier research showing that adolescents from two-parent families were less likely to have sex and had fewer sexual partners (Price & Hyde, 2009;Haglund & Ferring, 2010). Similar findings from a Greek study showed that adolescents with an unstable home environment, due to divorce, recent death, or not living with their mother, were more likely to be sexually active (Tsitsika et al, 2010).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

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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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

Kastbom¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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“…Algumas bases de dados destacam-se pela grande quantidade de artigos publicados utilizando seus dados, como a National Survey of Family Growth (NFSG) (BILLY et al, 1994;COOKSEY et al, 1996;BREWSTER et al, 1998;MANLOVE et al, 2006;HAGLUND;FEHRING, 2010), a National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) (BEARMAN; BRÜCKNER, 2001;MEIER, 2003;ROSTOSKY et al, 2003;SMITH, 2005;FRANCIS, 2007;MENNING et al, 2007) e as DHS − Demographic Health Surveys (GUPTA, 2000;ADDAI, 2000;LONGO, 2001;ISHIDA;STUPP;McDONALD, 2011), que, embora sejam mais limitadas em termos de informação sobre religião, têm boa amostragem e intervalos decenais.…”

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Religião, religiosidade e iniciação sexual na adolescência e juventude: lições de uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática de mais de meio século de pesquisas

Coutinho¹,

Miranda-Ribeiro

2014

Rev. bras. estud. popul.

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Apesar de ainda pouco estudada no Brasil, a influência da religião na sexualidade tem sido investigada pela literatura internacional por mais de meio século. Na literatura brasileira, a religião enquanto variável de interesse demográfico, com impacto no comportamento sexual, vem ganhando importância à medida que se fazem presentes, na sociedade, as mudanças no panorama religioso e nas normas e valores associados à sexualidade. Diante do crescente interesse, por parte dos demógrafos, na variável religião, tornam-se necessários mais subsídios teóricos com a finalidade de dar suporte às futuras pesquisas e estudos brasileiros. O presente trabalho busca, então, mapear as literaturas nacional e internacional acerca da associação entre religião, religiosidade e iniciação sexual de adolescentes e jovens e revelar as muitas formas utilizadas ao longo dos anos para classificar religião e religiosidade. Esta análise também procura ressaltar os cuidados metodológicos que devem ser tomados em estudos de sexualidade adolescente e de religião em geral. Para cumprir com esses dois objetivos, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática nas bases de dados SciELO, Atla, JSTOR e Banco de Teses e Dissertações do Cedeplar e da UFMG, buscando artigos publicados entre 1950 e abril de 2014, em português e inglês.Palavras-chave: Iniciação sexual. Religião. Religiosidade. Adolescência. Revisão bibliográfica sistemática.

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“…Previous studies support the finding that attendance to religious services not only leads to increased adherence to religious teachings of avoiding risky sex behaviors but also exposes them to social support from peers who have similar practices and beliefs. The group norms, such as religious teachings that support rejection of risky behaviors, influence the individual to do the same (Haglund & Fehring, 2009;Landor et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research suggest that religion, religiosity, and open parent-sex communication promote safe sex behaviors among youths (Delgado-Infante & Ofreneo, 2014;Freedman-Doan, Fortunato, Henshaw, & Titus, 2013;Gipson, Gultiano, Avila, & Hindin, 2012;Haglund & Fehring, 2009;Hutchinson, 2007;Landor, Simons, Simons, Brody, & Gibbons, 2011). Family and religion are the two most important social systems in the Filipino culture (Alampay & Jocson, 2011;Chen, Thompson, & Morrison-Beedy, 2010;Nadal, 2009).…”

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