Sexual self-concept and sexual self-efficacy in adolescents: A possible clue to promoting sexual health?
Sexual self-concept and sexual self-efficacy in adolescents: A possible clue to promoting sexual health?
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DOI:
10.1080/00224490802204480
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发表时间:
2008-07-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Anderman, Eric M.
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作者:
Rostosky, Sharon Scales;Dekhtyar, Olga;Anderman, Eric M.
This study examined the associations between sexual self-concept (sexual esteem and sexual anxiety) and sexual self-efficacy (situational and resistive) in a sample of 388 high school students (59% Caucasian, 28% African American). Males reported lower sexual esteem and lower sexual self-efficacy than females. Males and African Americans reported higher levels of sexual anxiety and lower levels of resistive self-efficacy than females and Caucasians. In regression models, higher sexual self-esteem uniquely predicted higher sexual self-efficacy scores, even after controlling for demographic variables, knowledge of sexual risk, and previous coital experience. In post hoc analyses, sexual self-esteem mediated the relation between knowledge of sexual risk and both types of sexual self-efficacy. Results suggest the need for interventions to promote male sexual self-efficacy and sexual esteem and the need for longitudinal research that explicates models of sexual health in adolesence.