Rakchanoke Kotcharoen. Sexual self-schema, perceived sexual self-efficacy and sexual behaviors among female adolescents living in communities in Bangkok metropolitan . Master's Degree(Public Health Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2005.
Sexual self-schema, perceived sexual self-efficacy and sexual behaviors among female adolescents living in communities in Bangkok metropolitan
Abstract:
The purpose of this analytical research was to study factors associated with sexual behaviors of female adolescents living in communities in Bangkok metropolitan. The respondents were 358 female adolescents living in communities in Bangkok metropolitan. Data were collected by using self-administered questionnaires from September 2004 to January, 2005. Statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearsons Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression. The results revealed that the majority of respondents (82.4%) had boyfriends. Regarding sexual behaviors, 46.1% had had sexual intercourse. Of these, 82.5% had had their first sexual intercourse with their lover, and 1.8% with an acquaintance. 53% did not use any protection. In their first sexual intercourse, 53% of the respondents did not use any protection, 25.2% used a condom and 20.6% used the withdraw method. Among sexually active group, 87.9% had vaginal sexual intercourse without a condom, 13.9% had anal sex without a condom, and 21.8% had oral sex without a condom. As for the relationship between general characteristics and sexual behaviors, there was a significant positive relationship between sexual behaviors and age (r = .515, p<.01) and income (r = .274, p<.01). With regard to the relationship between sexual self-schema and sexual behaviors, it was found that negative sexual self-schema was negatively associated with sexual behaviors (r = -.136, p<.01). As for perceived sexual self-efficacy, there was a significant negative relationship between sexual behaviors and say no (r = -.476, p<.01), assertiveness (r = -.208, p<.01), and precautions (r = -.107, p<.05). Regarding the prediction of sexual behaviors, only age and say no were found to be significant predictors, and accounted for 41.0% of the variability of sexual behaviors (p<.05). The results of this study were partly supported the hypotheses. Other variables, not included in the study, such as the mass media may also influence the sexual behaviors of female adolescents living in communities in Bangkok metropolitan.