A Question of Love and Trust? The Role of Relationship Factors in Adolescent Sexual Decision Making.
A Question of Love and Trust? The Role of Relationship Factors in Adolescent Sexual Decision Making.
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DOI：
10.1097/dbp.0000000000000190
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2015-10
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Bryan AD
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作者：
Ewing SW;Bryan AD
虽然只占性活跃人口的25%，但所有新发STI感染中有50%发生在年轻人中，主要是由于避孕套的不一致使用。至关重要的是，大多数青少年的性行为发生在恋爱关系的背景下，因此，重要的是了解关系因素如何影响使用或不使用保护的决策。我们使用一种混合的方法来调查在不同的高危青少年(12-19岁)的关系中，关系持续时间、对关系的信任或爱的程度以及性交频率对使用避孕套的概率和自我报告的避孕套使用的感知的程度。如果参与者处于高度信任/爱和高频率性交的关系中，他们最不可能使用避孕套。重要的是，性体验状态是主要影响的强有力的调节因素。动机认知的观点为更好地理解青少年关于避孕套使用的决策提供了一个有用的理论框架，特别是对于性经验丰富的年轻人。
While representing only 25% of the sexually active population, 50% of all new STI infections occur among young people, mostly due to inconsistent condom use. Critically, the majority of adolescent sexual activity takes place in the context of romantic relationships, thus it is important to understand how relationship factors may influence decision-making about the use, or not, of protection. We utilized a mixed method approach to investigate the extent to which relationship length, degree of trust or love in the relationship, and frequency of intercourse influence both perceptions of the probability of condom use and self-reported condom use in the context of relationships among a diverse sample of high risk adolescents (ages 12–19). Participants were least likely to use condoms if they were in relationships with high trust/love and high frequency of intercourse. Importantly, sexual experience status was a strong moderator of primary effects. The perspective of motivated cognition provides a useful theoretical framework to better understand adolescent decision-making about condom use, particularly for sexually experienced youth.