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Relationships among sexual self-concept, sexual risk cognition and sexual communication in adolescents: a structural
Jiunn-Horng Lou1, Sheng-Hwang Chen, Ren-Hau Li
1Center for General Education, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Aim:
The purpose of this study was to test a model of sexual self-concept and sexual risk cognition affecting sexual communication in Taiwanese adolescents.
Background:
Parent-adolescent sexual communication has been shown to influence adolescent sexual behaviour. Self-concept is an important predictor of human behaviour, especially sexual behaviour. Few researchers have assessed sexual self-concept in adolescents, despite its clear relevance to understanding adolescent sexual behaviour.
Design:
A cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling was used in this study.
Method:
In 2009, data were collected by questionnaire from 748 adolescent students at a junior college in Taiwan.
Results:
The results revealed that the postulated model fits the data from this study well. Sexual self-concept significantly predicts sexual risk cognition and sexual communication. Sexual risk cognition significantly predicts sexual communication and has an intervening effect on the relationship between sexual self-concept and sexual communication.
Conclusions:
Sexual risk cognition is important in explaining sexuality in adolescents. Sexual self-concept has both direct and indirect effects on sexual communication. Our findings provide concrete directions for school educators in developing sexual health programmes to increase adolescent sexual self-concept and sexual communication with their parents.
Relevance To Clinical Practice:
Future sexual health programmes about sexual self-concept and sexual risk cognition must add for increasing adolescent's sexual communication with their parents.
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