Association of sexual abstinence in adolescence with mental health in adulthood.
Association of sexual abstinence in adolescence with mental health in adulthood.
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青春期禁欲与成年心理健康的关系。
DOI：
10.1080/00224490701444005
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Klein,DavidJ
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作者：
Bogart,LauraM;Collins,RebeccaL;Ellickson,PhyllisL;Klein,DavidJ
我们研究了青少年性节制是否预示着更好的成年心理健康。共有1，917名青少年在13岁时从中学招募，在13岁，18岁，23岁和29岁时接受了调查。在双变量分析中，青春期禁欲与女性在29岁时更好的心理健康相关，但不适用于男性;三个青少年因素，教育前景，家庭纽带和非常规性，作为这种关系的解释变量进行了调查。禁欲心理健康的关系是不显着的教育前景时，包括在多变量模型中，是微不足道的显着时，家庭纽带和非常规性，所有三个解释因素占显着比例的方差在成人心理健康。那些不参与学校生活、家庭背景不好、表现出非传统性的女孩，无论她们在青春期是否禁欲，成年后的心理健康状况都可能很差。加强青少年与家庭和学校联系的干预措施可能会降低长期心理健康问题的风险。
We examined whether adolescent sexual abstinence predicts better adult mental health. A total of 1,917 adolescents, recruited from middle schools at age 13, were surveyed at ages 13, 18, 23, and 29. In bivariate analyses, adolescent sexual abstinence was associated with better mental health at age 29 for females, but not for males; three adolescent factors, educational prospects, family bonding, and unconventionality, were investigated as explanatory variables of this relationship. The abstinence–mental health relationship was nonsignificant when educational prospects were included in multivariate models, and was marginally significant when family bonding and unconventionality were included; all three explanatory factors accounted for significant proportions of the variance in adult mental health. Girls who are uninvolved in school, have weak family backgrounds, and exhibit unconventionality may have poor adult mental health, whether or not they abstain from sex in adolescence. Interventions that strengthen adolescents' connections to families and schools may reduce risk for long-term mental health problems.