Exposure to X-rated movies and adolescents' sexual and contraceptive-related attitudes and behaviors.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association between exposure to X-rated movies and teens' contraceptive attitudes and behaviors.


METHODS
Black females, 14 to 18 years old (n = 522) were recruited from adolescent medicine clinics, health departments, and school health clinics.


RESULTS
Exposure to X-rated movies was reported by 29.7% of adolescents. Exposure to X-rated movies was associated with being more likely to have negative attitudes toward using condoms (odds ratio [OR]: 1.4), to have multiple sex partners (OR: 2.0), to have sex more frequently (OR: 1.8), to not have not used contraception during the last intercourse (OR: 1.5), to have not used contraception in the past 6 months (OR: 2.2), to have a strong desire to conceive (OR: 2.3), and to test positive for chlamydia (OR: 1.7).


CONCLUSIONS
Additional research is needed to understand the impact of X-rated movies on adolescents' sexual and contraceptive health.
Wingood
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Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. gwingoo@sph.emory.edu
DiClemente
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Harrington
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Davies
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D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D009040:Motion Pictures; D012723:Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology