Associations between Sexually Experienced Adolescents' Sources of Information about Sex and Sexual Risk Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Secor-Turner, Molly; Sieving, Renee E.; Eisenberg, Marla E.; Skay, Carol
Titel	Associations between Sexually Experienced Adolescents' Sources of Information about Sex and Sexual Risk Outcomes
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 11 (2011) 4, S.489-500 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2011.601137
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Sex Education; Health Behavior; Pregnancy; Student Surveys; Adolescents; Sexuality; Information Sources; Access to Information; Risk; Correlation; Peer Influence; Parent Influence; Age Differences; At Risk Persons; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Schwangerschaft; Schülerbefragung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Information source; Informationsquelle; Risiko; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Risikogruppe
Abstract	The objective of this study was to describe prevalent informal sources of information about sex and examine associations between informal sources of information about sex and sexual risk outcomes among sexually experienced adolescents. Work involved the secondary analysis of data from the Minnesota Student Survey, a statewide survey to monitor priority risk and protective health behaviors. The study sample included 22,828 sexually experienced adolescents aged 13-20 years. Multivariate logistic regression analyses examined associations between adolescents' informal sources of information about sex and three sexual risk outcomes. Peers and siblings were the most commonly reported source of information about sex. Ninth-graders who reported parents or parents plus peers/siblings as a source of information about sex had significantly lower odds of having multiple sex partners in the past year. Ninth-graders who reported any informal source of information about sex had significantly lower odds of unprotected intercourse at last sex. Ninth-graders and 12th-graders who reported any informal source of information about sex had significantly lower odds of lifetime pregnancy involvement. Findings suggest information about sex from people in adolescents' everyday lives has the potential to diminish the likelihood of involvement in sexual risk behaviors. To maximize effectiveness, formal sex education programs should engage informal sources of information about sex in adolescents' everyday lives. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10