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0057/2025 - ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS AND RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG SCHOOL PEOPLE
ASSOCIAÇÕES ENTRE SAÚDE MENTAL E COMPORTAMENTOS SEXUAIS DE RISCO EM ADOLESCENTES E JOVENS ESCOLARES

Author:

• Sofia de Barros Robban - Robban, S.B - <sofia.robban@ifms.edu.br>
ORCID: 0000-0002-9503-7310

Co-author(s):

• Bianca Cristina Ciccone Giacon-Arruda - Giacon-Arruda, B.C.C - <biagiacon@gmail.com>
ORCID: 0000-0002-8433-6008
• Helder de Pádua Lima - Lima, H. de P. - <padua_helder@ufms.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-6343
• Samira dos Santos Chaves - Chaves, S.S - <chavessamira86@gmail.com>
ORCID: 0009-0003-3036-1683
• Marcelle Paiano - Paiano, M. - <marcellepaiano@hotmail.com>
ORCID: 0000-0002-7597-784X
• Thaylla Mwryha Maciel Bueno - Bueno, T.M.M - <thaylla.maciel@ufms.br>
ORCID: 0000-0003-2024-6430
• Guilherme Oliveira de Arruda - Arruda, G.O - <guilherme.arruda@ufms.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1690-4808


Abstract:

The aim was to analyze the association between mental health and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young students. Quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study, with 191 adolescents and young people, aged 14 and 24, in a state in the Brazilian center-west. The outcomes were early sexual initiation, multiple partners, not using a condom in the last year and during the last sexual intercourse, not using a contraceptive method (or using an ineffective method) and the overall risk for risky sexual behavior. Poisson Regression with robust variance was used to verify associations and estimate adjusted Prevalence Ratios (PRaj). An association was observed between “self-injurious behavior in the last year” with “Multiple sexual partners” (p=0.024; PRaj=1.071), “not using condoms in the last year” (p=0.022; PRaj=1.098) and “in last sexual intercourse” (p=0.024; PRaj=1.123), as well as, with the “high overall risk” for risky sexual behaviors (p=0.002; PRaj=1.186). Self-efficacy was associated with early sexual debut (p=0.006; PRaj=1.153) and satisfaction with life (p=0.009; PRaj=0.866) and symptoms of stress, “not using a contraceptive method (or using an ineffective method)” (p=0.001; PRaj=1.187). Mental health factors can be considered as indicators for the occurrence of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young people.

Keywords:

Adolescent; Adolescent Health; Unsafe Sex; Mental health; Self-Injurious Behavior.

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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS AND RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG SCHOOL PEOPLE


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Robban, S.B, Giacon-Arruda, B.C.C, Lima, H. de P., Chaves, S.S, Paiano, M., Bueno, T.M.M, Arruda, G.O. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS AND RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG SCHOOL PEOPLE. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Mar). [Citado em 04/09/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/associations-between-mental-health-factors-and-risk-sexual-behaviors-in-adolescents-and-young-school-people/19533



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