Determinants of risky behaviour of 15-year-old adolescents in relation to early underage sexual initiation in Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2024/02/07.pdf" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2024/02/07.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2024.002" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2024.002</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Determinants of risky behaviour of 15-year-old adolescents in relation to early underage sexual initiation in Slovakia

Original language description

Introduction: The objective of this article is to analyse the determinants of risky behaviour of school children and their impact on early sexual initiation, considering differences between sexes. Methods: The paper analyses the results of the HBSC international study conducted in Slovakia in 2018. A total of 1,293 schoolchildren (81.8% response rate) participated in the study. 15-year-old adolescents were assessed. Differences between boys and girls were also analysed. Results: In the 2018 data collection, the occurrence of underage sexual intercourse was more common among boys (17%) than girls (11.3%). Overall, 94.3% of children reported not having smoked and not having had an early sexual experience. Conversely, 26.1% of the children who admitted having smoked, had had sex. As for alcohol consumption, 19.2% of the pupils who had drunk alcohol reported early sexual initiation but, in a statistically significant indicator, up to 34.1% of adolescents who had had sexual intercourse were in a state of drunkenness at the time. Conclusion: To some extent, experimentation and risky behaviours in adolescence are socially acceptable. However, the timing of adolescents&apos; first sexual intercourse can have an impact on their health and mental well-being. There is a need to recognise and monitor possible determinants that may lead to their risky sexual activities. There is also a clear and pressing need for legislative standards. Paediatric care and nursing play a vital role in the primary prevention of risk activities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1804-7122

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

138-143

UT code for WoS article

001239963200007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197637340