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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"sexual risk"”.
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Parental Attachment And Sexual Risk Behavior Among Adolescents
… attachment variables that are associated with risky adolescent sexual behavior. The study employed secondary data analysis and used a data set compiled by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Survey of Children and Youth 1997 (NLSY 1997). Variables measuring parental …
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The impact of sexual assault on sexual risk-taking
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Effects of emotion regulation strategies on sexual risk-taking
<p>Sexual risk-taking is a growing problem and an area where there are significant individual differences in behavior. One contributing factor to risky sexual behavior may be emotion regulation difficulties. For example, suppression has negative effects on emotion experience, while reappraisal …
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Factors Associated with High Sexual Risk Behavior in Single Women
… was to identify factors associated with High Sexual Risk Behavior (HSRB) in single Afro American women seen in an Epidemiology/Sexual transmitted disease (EPID/STD) Clinic in Richmond, Virginia from January 2006 through April 2006.Method: Participants were 154 single women (no history of …
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Intergenerational Patterns of Sexual Risk Among Adolescents and Their Mothers
… However, research on the broader topic of sexual risk possibly being intergenerationally linked is starkly limited. Family context, namely parent-adolescent communication, may largely influence adolescent sexual risk. The purpose of this study was to investigate intergenerational patterns …
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Body Self-Esteem and Sexual Risk-Taking in Caribbean Adolescents
… time when many adolescents make decisions about risk behaviors that may affect their developing bodies such as drug use, smoking, and engaging in sexual activity. The current study examined the link between body self-esteem and sexual activity with the aim of predicting if high body self-esteem …
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Bidimensional acculturation measurement and sexual risk-taking of Latino college students
… for associations between acculturation and sexual risk-taking. Respondents were students from colleges and universities in the Midwest (N = 153, M age = 21.25, 58% female) who completed self-report measures of acculturation and sexual risk-taking behavior. The ARSMA-II, a bidimensional …
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Sexual Risk Taking Behaviors Among African American Adolescent Mothers: An Ecological Perspective
… American women of childbearing age are at high risk for Human Immunodeficency Virus (HIV) exposure and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Using an ecological perspective, this study examined the influence of several individual, familial, and neighborhood factors on the sexual risk …
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The impact of sexual self-esteem on sexual risk detection in college women
Sexual assault victimization has been associated with poor risk recognition and low sexual self-esteem (Gidycz, McNamara, & Edwards, 2006; Schwartz & Shipiro, 1997). Evidence suggests that sexual self-esteem may precede risk recognition subsequently impacting victimization (Mayers, Heller, & …
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Exposure to sexual media and college students' sexual risk-taking and sexual regret
Sexual risk-taking represents a significant health problem among college students. Although media may play an important role in college students’ sexual risk-taking, research in this area has been sparse. Using social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework, this dissertation aimed to achieve …
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Intimate Partner Violence Among Expectant Adolescent Couples: Psychological and Relational Predictors and Sexual Risk
… Expectant adolescent couples are at even higher risk. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), this study sought to: (1) describe the patterns of physical/sexual and psychological IPV victimization of women and men in expectant adolescent couples from pregnancy through twelve months …
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Intra- and inter-personal predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual risk-taking behaviors
<p>Sexual risk-taking, while common in college culture, can increase the risk of sexual victimization. Nearly 20% of college women have been sexually assaulted (Krebs et al., 2009). Moreover, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been associated with sexual risk-taking (Johnson & Johnson, 2013). …
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Predictors of sexual risk behaviour among adolescents from low socioeconomic settings in South Africa
… to determine the prevalence and predictors of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents aged 12-18 from low socioeconomic settings in South Africa with the aim of informing future prevention interventions.
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The Relation of Depressive Symptoms and Body Image to Sexual Risk Taking In College Women
… 90% of college students report having engaged in sexual intercourse, studies suggest that many undergraduates inconsistently use condoms, have multiple casual partners, and use drugs or alcohol prior to having sex. Risky sexual behavior can have detrimental consequences on health, including …
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How Adopting Stereotypical Roles May Impact Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young African American College Women
<p>Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention issues for women, particularly women of color, are multifaceted and far-reaching. Cultural dynamics unique to black women, such as attitudes, values and beliefs are often not considered. The proposed study assesses culturally specific factors that …
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Self-Reported Racism, Transphobia, Their Intersection and Impact on Past-Year HIV Related Sexual Risk Behaviour
Background: Studies examining HIV prevalence and risk behaviors within trans subgroups have identified them as high risk. Yet few studies have addressed how discrimination impacts this prevalence. Minority stress theory suggests that there is a relationship between minority stress and HIV-related …
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Relationships between Adolescent Stress, Depressive Symptoms, Social Support, Coping and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adulthood
… coping skills, social support, and young adult sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. Design A total of 18,924 participants aged from 12 to 18 at baseline were included in the analysis. The study's design was a secondary analysis of three waves of …
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Insights of urban and rural female youth regarding the nature and consequences of sexual risk behaviour
… issues: teenage pregnancies, high HIV rates, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and a high number of abortions. South Africa is dealing with the repercussions of risky sexual behaviour of female youth on a daily basis and these include: youth with STDs, teenage pregnancies, HIV infection, …
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Defining the Relationship: Intentional Decision-Making and Sexual Risk in Adolescent and Young Adult Romantic Relationships
… were associated with relationship commitment and sexual behaviors. Paper 2 describes more in-depth analyses testing associations between having a DTR talk before having sex and sexual safety and functioning among a subset of the adolescent sample (<em>N</em> = 163). Results from Paper 2 …
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Methamphetamine (tik) use, sexual risk, aggression and mental health among school going adolescents in Cape Town
… and to investigate mental health problems and sexual risk behaviour related to methamphetamine use among adolescents. In addition the study aimed to establish whether methamphetamine use is associated with not continuing to attend high school. The results of the thesis are presented through …
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