TY - JOUR
T1 - FACTORES PROTECTORES Y CONDUCTAS SEXUALES PROTEGIDAS EN ESTUDIANTES DE SECUNDARIA VENEZOLANOS
AU - Alcedo, Jesús Manuel Guerrero
AU - Torrellas, Adriana Isabel Lucena
AU - del Carmen Espina Romero, Lorena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Instituto de Investigacion de Drogodependencias. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Introduction: sexual behavior has gained greater emphasis among health professionals due to the social and personal repercussions it has caused in new generations. It has become a public health problem at national and international level, which affects such a vulnerable population as adolescents. Purpose: this study aims to empirically evaluate the direct and indirect influence of age, sex, self-efficacy to prevent HIV, sexual resilience, psychological well-being, self-concept, functional social support and family communication on protected sexual behaviors in Venezuelan high school students. Method: it comprises a non-experimental, correlational, explanatory study with a cross-sectional design. A sample of 317 students was taken, selected under an accidental non-probabilistic sampling. Results: it was found that protective sexual behaviors are directly influenced by HIV prevention self-efficacy, sexual resilience and self-concept, and indirectly by functional social support, sex and family communication. Conclusion: These findings will allow the design of health promotion strategies that foster personal resources that will help students maintain safe sexual behaviors.
AB - Introduction: sexual behavior has gained greater emphasis among health professionals due to the social and personal repercussions it has caused in new generations. It has become a public health problem at national and international level, which affects such a vulnerable population as adolescents. Purpose: this study aims to empirically evaluate the direct and indirect influence of age, sex, self-efficacy to prevent HIV, sexual resilience, psychological well-being, self-concept, functional social support and family communication on protected sexual behaviors in Venezuelan high school students. Method: it comprises a non-experimental, correlational, explanatory study with a cross-sectional design. A sample of 317 students was taken, selected under an accidental non-probabilistic sampling. Results: it was found that protective sexual behaviors are directly influenced by HIV prevention self-efficacy, sexual resilience and self-concept, and indirectly by functional social support, sex and family communication. Conclusion: These findings will allow the design of health promotion strategies that foster personal resources that will help students maintain safe sexual behaviors.
KW - Protective factors
KW - Venezuela
KW - sexual behavior
KW - sexual health
KW - students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136720731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.21134/haaj.v22i2.656
DO - 10.21134/haaj.v22i2.656
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85136720731
SN - 1578-5319
VL - 22
SP - 46
EP - 62
JO - Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas
JF - Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas
IS - 2
ER -