The Relationship between Sexual Intercourse before the Age of 13 and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use among High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Dunn, Michael; Yannessa, John
Titel	The Relationship between Sexual Intercourse before the Age of 13 and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use among High School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 51 (2022) 1-2, S.3-9 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dunn, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
DOI	10.1177/00472379221111548
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Preadolescents; Drinking; Smoking; Drug Abuse; High School Students; Correlation; Predictor Variables; At Risk Persons; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Trinken; Rauchen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Risikogruppe
Abstract	Research has indicated that early sexual intercourse in high school is associated with poor health outcomes such as unintentional pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). What is lacking in the research is an understanding of the relationship between even earlier sexual initiation (i.e., before the age of 13) and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use behaviors. As such, the purpose of this study was to assess whether sexual intercourse younger than 13 years of age was predictive of ATOD use among students currently in high school. Data was derived from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 15,624). This national study is conducted every odd year, and is a representative sample of high school students in the United States. Logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between sexual initiation younger than 13 years of age and current ATOD use among high school students. The results of this study found that early sexual initiation was predictive of current high school ATOD use with students who had initiated early sexual intercourse having significantly higher prevalence rates among all variables measured. The results of this study indicates health education regarding ATOD use, as well as sexual health education should be introduced to US student at an earlier age. These results indicate that continued education is needed in the pre-teen years to prevent early health risk behaviors in our youth. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01