title: Sexual attitudes and behaviors among adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine the self-reported sexual attitudes and behaviors of adolescents living in the Midwest. A survey was administered to 463 African American youths ages 11-19. The results indicate that intent to have sexual intercourse, reported likelihood toward having sexual intercourse, and whether participants felt that they would have sex in the next 3 months were predictors of whether they had sexual intercourse at the 3-month follow-up. The results also revealed that the opinions of referent others did not predict sexual intercourse at 3 months. Negative attitudes toward condoms did predict condom use at 3 months and the opinions of referent others also predicted condom use at 3 months. Limitations as well as future research are also discussed.
authors: Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA. falee@wichita.edu
authors: Felecia A
authors: FA
authors: Lee
authors: Rhonda K
authors: RK
authors: Lewis
authors: Chris M
authors: CM
authors: Kirk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D041923:Adolescent Development; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057566:Self Report; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult