Factors Associated with Female Adolescents' Sexual Experience

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Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health 2004;8(2):239-250.
Published online July 31, 2004.

Factors Associated with Female Adolescents' Sexual Experience

류은정¹, 최소영², 김영혜³

¹중앙대학교
²경상대학교
³부산대학교

10대 여자 청소년의 성행위 경험 관련요인

류은정¹, 최소영², 김영혜³

¹중앙대학교
²경상대학교
³부산대학교

Abstract

Objectives
: This study was conducted to explore the factors associated with adolescent females' sexual behavior.
Methods
: The subjects were 627 female adolescent who were selected from two middle, and four high schools in Gyungnam province. A self-administerd questionnaire was administered about personal background characteristics, communication with parents for sex, sexual attitude of friend group, self-esteem, self control, contraception knowledge, sexual attitude, sexual knowledge scale. A total of 627 excluding incomplete cases was analyzed using multiple logistic analysis.
Results
: In univariate analysis, Sexual experience among female adolescents were significantly associated with school type(χ2=20.80, p＜0.001), cigarette use(χ2=183.53, p ＜0.001), alcohol use(χ2=15.73, p＜0.001), sexual attitudes of peer group(t=-7.54, p ＜0.001), self-esteem(t=2.05, p=0.041), self control(t=2.77, p=0.006). In Multiple logistic regression analysis, academic high school(or=0.14, ci=0.04~0.50), smoking(or=19.15, ci=8.04~45.61), sexual attitude of friends(or=1.28, ci=1.15~1.43) were significantly the strongest and the most influential factors associated with adolescent sexual experience.
Conclusions
: This study can offer understanding for the comprehensive multivariate covariance relationship of the influencing factors associated with female adolescents's sexual behavior. The results of this study provide health professionals with information to development more-effective sex education programs.

Key Words: adolescent, sexual experience, female