Predicting Sexual Risk Behavior in British and European Union University Students in the United Kingdom

Autor/inn/en	Jaspal, Rusi; Lopes, Barbara; Wignall, Liam; Bloxsom, Claire
Titel	Predicting Sexual Risk Behavior in British and European Union University Students in the United Kingdom
Quelle	In: American Journal of Sexuality Education, 16 (2021) 1, S.140-159 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jaspal, Rusi) ORCID (Lopes, Barbara) ORCID (Wignall, Liam) ORCID (Bloxsom, Claire)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-6128
DOI	10.1080/15546128.2020.1869129
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Sexuality; At Risk Students; Undergraduate Students; Cultural Differences; Gender Differences; Psychological Patterns; Stress Variables; Self Destructive Behavior; Health Behavior; Coping; Citizenship; Identification (Psychology); Planning; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Student Characteristics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); European Union; United Kingdom (England); Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prädiktor; Sexualität; Kultureller Unterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Bewältigung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Drawing on the Health Adversity Risk Model, this study examines the relationship between mental health and sexual risk behaviors in British and European Union (EU) university students in the United Kingdom. Four hundred and thirty-one undergraduate students completed a cross-sectional survey. Data were analyzed using independent samples t-tests, multiple regression and structural equation modeling. Results showed that female students and British students exhibited higher levels of psychological distress, self-harm and sexual risk behaviors than males and EU students; and that female and EU students were more likely to adopt adaptive coping styles than male and British students, respectively. The structural equation model suggests that the relationship between gender and citizenship and sexual risk-taking is mediated by identity threat, psychological distress, coping styles and self-harm. Adaptive coping styles are not necessarily protective against sexual risk-taking but rather determine the type of sexual risk behavior: re-thinking/planning is associated with volitional risk behaviors and social engagement with non-volitional behaviors. Social and cultural norms may shed light on mental health outcomes and sexual risk-taking in university students. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01