Correlates of sexual risk among sexual minority and heterosexual South African youths

I.B. Thurston, J. Dietrich, L.M. Bogart, K.N. Otwombe, K.J. Sikkema, B. Nkala and G.E. Gray

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 7, 1265-1269

Abstract: We explored psychosocial correlates of sexual risk among heterosexual and sexual minority youths (SMYs) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Young people 16 to 18 years old (n = 822) were administered surveys assessing demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, mental health, and parent-child communication. Adjusted multivariate regressions examining correlates of sexual risk revealed that SMYs had more sexual partners than heterosexual youths (B = 3.90; SE = 0.95; P

Keywords: addiction; adolescent; article; child parent relation; condom; female; heterosexuality; high risk behavior; homosexuality; human; male; mental health; psychological aspect; sexual behavior; socioeconomics; South Africa; statistics; utilization review, Adolescent; Condoms; Female; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Humans; Male; Mental Health; Parent-Child Relations; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; South Africa; Substance-Related Disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301865

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