[A study on the variables forecasting male adolescents' sexual intercourse].
OBJECTIVE
This study was designed to identify the variables affecting male adolescents' sexual intercourse through a comprehensive analysis of individual and environmental factors.


METHODS
The subjects of this descriptive survey on causal relations were 462 subjects enrolled in liberal and vocational high schools selected on a convenience sampling basis. The data collected from May-July 2002 was put to logistic regression analysis to build a forecast model.


RESULTS
1) Individual factors such as school record, experience seeking, non-inhibition and sexual permissiveness, 2) family factors such as parental living arrangement, 3) school factors such as career tract and 4) peer factors such as having a boy/girl friend were identified as significant variables forecasting sexual intercourse.


CONCLUSIONS
The theoretical model built on the basis of the major findings of this study will hopefully help promote a wholesome youth culture related to sexual intercourse. It is recommended that a program be developed that can help control the variables identified in this study along with a follow-up study to verify the model.
Kim
Kyung-Hee
KH
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chungang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea. kyung@cau.ac.kr
Kwon
Hye-Jin
HJ
Chung
Hae-Kyung
HK
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003075:Coitus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors