Adverse Childhood Experiences and Teen Sexual Behaviors: The Role of Self-Regulation and School-Related Factors

Autor/inn/en	Song, Wei; Qian, Xueqin
Titel	Adverse Childhood Experiences and Teen Sexual Behaviors: The Role of Self-Regulation and School-Related Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 90 (2020) 11, S.830-841 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Song, Wei)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12947
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Adolescents; At Risk Persons; Health Behavior; Pregnancy; Experience; Grade 9; Grade 11; High School Students; Self Control; Student School Relationship; Attendance; Academic Achievement; Child Development; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Schwangerschaft; Erfahrung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Selbstbeherrschung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Anwesenheit; Schulleistung; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Background: There is limited evidence addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adolescent sexual risk behaviors and pregnancy. In this study, we examined whether individual and cumulative ACEs increased the risk of unhealthy sexual behaviors and adolescent pregnancy. To inform intervention efforts, potential mediating mechanisms focusing on youth developmental assets were examined to explain the association. Methods: Analyses included 88,815 (9th and 11th grade) students who completed the Minnesota Student Survey in the spring of 2016. Results: Adolescents who reported each category of ACEs were more likely to initiate sex, have multiple sex partners, engage in unprotected sex, and be involved in pregnancy. Different youth assets, included self-regulation skills, connectedness to school, not skipping school, and academic performance, were associated with lower likelihood of sexual initiation and sexual risk-taking. They served as important mediators to reduce, though not completely diminish, the adverse effects of ACEs on sexual initiation and adolescent pregnancy. Conclusions: The results suggest that the relationship between ACEs and adolescent sexual risk behaviors and pregnancy is strong and graded. Effective school initiatives and intervention efforts should encourage the development of self-regulation and connectedness to school among teens who had been exposed to ACEs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01