Validation of a Path Model to Prevent Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescents.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.1.49
- Author:
Hyun Sook PARK
1
;
Sun Young JUNG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. jungsy@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Risk;
Sexual behavior
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Erotica;
Humans;
Intention;
Permissiveness;
Risk-Taking*;
Sensation;
Sexual Behavior
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2011;20(1):49-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: In this study the fitness of a path model on sexual risk behavior in adolescents was examined including the relationship of the following sensation seeking, parent-adolescent communication, exposure to pornography, friends' attitudes to sex, attitudes to sexual behavior, sexual permissiveness, perceived behavioral control, and sexual behavioral intention. METHODS: The participants were 354 adolescents. Data were analyzed using the SPSS and AMOS programs. RESULTS: Parent-adolescent communication, exposure to pornography, friends' attitudes to sex, and sexual behavioral intention showed a direct effect on sexual risk behavior in adolescents, while sensation seeking, exposure to pornography, friends' attitudes to sex, attitudes to sexual behavior, sexual permissiveness, and perceived behavioral control showed an indirect effect on sexual risk behavior in adolescents. The modified path model of adolescent's sexual risk behavior had a good fit with the data. CONCLUSION: Based on the outcomes of this study, it is necessary to design intervention programs that emphasize increasing parent-adolescent communication, perceived behavioral control, and sexual behavioral intention and reducing exposure to pornography, friends' attitudes to sex, attitudes to sexual behavior, and sexual permissiveness in order to decrease adolescent's sexual risk behavior.
