Student Sex: More or Less Risky than Other Young Adults?

Autor/inn/en	Burke, Lorraine; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Young, Honor
Titel	Student Sex: More or Less Risky than Other Young Adults?
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 15 (2015) 1, S. 31-47Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2014.947362
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Young Adults; Sex Education; Sexuality; Health Behavior; College Students; Risk; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Interviews; Student Surveys; Community Surveys; Telephone Surveys; Computer Mediated Communication; Regression (Statistics); Contraception; Incidence; Health Services; Predictor Variables; Student Behavior; Student Attitudes; Community Attitudes; Cohort Analysis; Foreign Countries; Intimacy; Ireland (Dublin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Collegestudent; Risiko; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerbefragung; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Computerkonferenz; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Empfängnisverhütung; Vorkommen; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Prädiktor; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Kohortenanalyse; Ausland; Intimität
Abstract	Sexually active young adults are at an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Sexual behaviours such as inconsistent condom use, multiple partners and casual sex are known risk factors for negative sexual health outcomes. Sexually active higher education students are classified as a high-risk population in terms of sexual ill-health and are considered more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours. Less is known about the sexual practices of the non-student young adult population. This study investigates and compares the sexual behaviour of 427 students and 280 non-students aged 19-22 years based on data from the Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships. No variation in attitudes and beliefs regarding sex was found between the two groups, neither was there a difference in STI diagnosis or use of sexual health services. Inconsistent condom use, early sexual initiation, high levels of sexual activity and greater instances of multiple partners were found among the non-student population. This highlights the need to distinguish between these young adult sub-groups and to expand understanding of the determinants of sexual health and behaviour among young people outside of tertiary education to enable more effective sexual health promotion. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10