Timing of First Alcohol Use and First Sex in Male and Female Adolescents

Doran, Kelly; Waldron, Mary

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.05.013

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“…Moreover, use of alcohol from an earlier age tends to have consequences. Doran et al reported that the onset of first alcohol use was strongly predictive of earlier sexual intercourse for both males and females, with the effects of drinking most pronounced for females during early adolescence [46]. Moreover, Donoghue et al found that an age at first alcohol use younger than 15 years was associated with cigarette use, a lower quality of life, alcohol-related health and social consequences, and evidence of an alcohol use disorder among youth populations in England [47].…”

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Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Singkorn

Apidechkul

Putsa

et al. 2019

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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BackgroundAlcohol use impacts several dimensions, including physical health, mental health, families, and social interactions. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and to determine the factors associated with alcohol use among Akha and Lahu hill tribe youths in Chiang Rai, Thailand.MethodsAn analytic cross-sectional design was applied to obtain key data on these associations. The study sample was Akha and Lahu hill tribe youths aged 15-24 years who lived in 30 selected hill tribe villages. A questionnaire was developed from an in-depth interview and group discussion and tested for validation and reliability before use. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate the general characteristics, and Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to detect associations between variables at α=0.05.ResultsA total of 737 subjects were recruited into the study, of whom 50.0% were Lahu. The average age was 17.9 years, 80.7% were single, 71.1% were Christian, 65.9% graduated secondary school, and 65.7% had their major source of income from their parents. Overall, 17.3% smoked and 45.0% drank alcohol. Among the drinkers, 79.8% drank beer, 61.5% started drinking at an age of 15-19 years, 86.8% had drank for < 5 years, 42.5% were persuaded to drink by their peers, 20.2% suffered an accident after alcohol use, and 17.2% had experienced unsafe sex after drinking alcohol. In the multiple logistic regression, six variables were associated with alcohol use among the Akha and Lahu youths. Males had greater odds of alcohol use than females (ORadj = 3.50, 95% CI = 2.24-5.47). Buddhists had greater odds of alcohol use than Christians (ORadj = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.17-3.04). Participants who were unemployed, employed, and in other categories of occupation had greater odds of alcohol use than those who were students (ORadj = 2.20, 95% CI = 1.23-3.92; ORadj = 6.89, 95% CI = 3.38-13.89; and ORadj = 2.96, 95% CI = 1.01-8.59, respectively). Participants whose fathers were daily wage workers had greater odds of alcohol use (ORadj = 2.89; 95% CI = 1.23-6.79) than those whose parents worked in agriculture, and those whose fathers used alcohol had greater odds of alcohol use than those whose fathers did not use alcohol (ORadj = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.40-3.35). Finally, those who had 6-10 and ≥ 11 close friends living in the same village who used alcohol had greater odds of alcohol use (ORadj = 8.51, 95% CI = 3.10-23.3; and ORadj = 3.84, 95% CI = 1.15-12.77, respectively).ConclusionTo reduce the initiation of alcohol use among Akha and Lahu youths, public health intervention programs should focus on males who are not attending school and should be implemented for both their family members and peers.

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Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Singkorn

Apidechkul

Putsa

et al. 2019

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“…This type of practice is considered risky and is also associated with risky sexual practices, such as not using condoms and contraceptive methods [22,24,25]. Substance use is also associated with early initiation of sexual life [33,44,45,63]. Thus, preventive campaigns regarding the hazards of risky behaviors can be successful in reducing the chances of having early sex.…”

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“…The juvenile behaviors considered risky refer mainly to the use of tobacco and alcohol–either through frequent consumption or situations that lead to drunkenness–and use of illicit drugs [22,24–26,33,34,37,40,44,45]. National and international literature converge by highlighting these behaviors as predictors of the age of first sexual intercourse, sex without the use of condoms, or even the number of sexual partners.…”

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Factors associated with family, school and behavioral characteristics on sexual initiation: A gender analysis for Brazilian adolescents

França

Frio

2018

PLoS ONE

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Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. The article aims to study the individual, family and school characteristics of adolescents beginning their sexual lives. The database we used was the 2015 PeNSE (National Adolescent School-based Health Survey) and the methodology was the survival analysis. The results show that boys initiate sexual activity before girls and risky behaviors associated with the use of licit and illicit drugs increase the chance of having early sex. In addition, this work highlights the importance of parental practices in reducing the chances of beginning sexual activity, as well as the presence of school workshops on the risks of pregnancy. It should be noted that intervention strategies need to be differentiated according to gender in order to increase effectiveness.

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“…Alcohol and marijuana use can produce behavioral disinhibition whereby one's decision-making abilities to delay sexual initiation or reduce the number of sexual partners are compromised. Early substance use precedes or is associated with sexual initiation in adolescent males (Capaldi, Kerr, Owen, & Tiberio, 2017;Doran & Waldron, 2017;Epstein et al, 2014;Floyd & Latimer, 2010) and females (Cavazos-Rehg et al, 2012;Dillon et al, 2010;Doran & Waldron, 2017;Epstein et al, 2014;Floyd & Latimer, 2010) as well as African American (Kaplan et al, 2013;McGuire, Wang & Zhang, 2012;Turner, Latkin, Sonenstein, & Tandon, 2011) and Latino youth (Dillon et al, 2010;Kaplan et al, 2013). Numbers of sexual partners increases as alcohol (Epstein et al, 2014;Green et al, 2017;Oshri et al, 2014;Riggs et al, 2013;Vasilenko & Lanza, 2014), marijuana (Cavazos-Rehg et al, 2011;Floyd & Latimer, 2010;Green et al, 2017;Oshri et al, 2014) or smoking (Cavazos-Rehg et al, 2011;Demissie et al, 2017;McGuire, Wang & Zhang, 2012;Vasilenko & Lanza, 2014) use increases.…”

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Adolescent Substance Use and Sensation-Seeking on Sexual Behaviors Among Young Adults from Continuation High Schools

Espinoza

Richardson

Ferguson

et al. 2019

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background: Youth from continuation high schools report greater substance use and sensationseeking than youth from regular high schools, yet their long-term consequences on age at sexual onset and the number of sexual partners are unknown. Objective: To examine substance use, sensation-seeking and sexual behaviors by gender and race/ethnicity and the effects of substance use and sensation-seeking in adolescence on age at sexual initiation and numbers of sexual partners by young adulthood. Methods: Baseline and 4-year follow-up data on youth from 14 continuation high schools in Southern California who participated in a drug abuse prevention intervention were analyzed. Structural equation modeling assessed whether or not substance use or sensation-seeking in adolescence predicted age at sexual onset and numbers of sexual partners by young adulthood. Results: Latinos had lower sensation-seeking and frequency of substance use and a later age at sexual onset than non-Latinos. Males were more likely than females to have multiple lifetime and recent sexual partners. The effects of adolescent substance use on the number of sexual partners by young adulthood were mediated fully by their age at sexual initiation. Sensation-seeking had no direct or indirect effects on sexual behaviors. Conclusions/Importance: Factors leading to and actual sexual risk behaviors among youth from continuation high schools vary by race/ethnicity and gender. Targeting these antecedent factors by race/ethnicity and gender may improve prevention efforts.

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Timing of First Alcohol Use and First Sex in Male and Female Adolescents

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern Thailand

Factors associated with family, school and behavioral characteristics on sexual initiation: A gender analysis for Brazilian adolescents

Adolescent Substance Use and Sensation-Seeking on Sexual Behaviors Among Young Adults from Continuation High Schools

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