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Volume 4 Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
Page 71
JOINT EVENT
August 06-07, 2018 Madrid, Spain
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2nd Edition of International Conference on Adolescent Health & Medicine
18th International Conference on Pediatrics Health
Pediatrics Health 2018
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Adolescent Health 2018
August 06-07, 2018
Stress, depressive symptoms, coping and sexual behavior
Maryam Ghobadzadeh
University of Minnesota, USA
The purpose of this study was to examine how adolescents’ reports of stressful life events, depressive symptoms, and coping
were related with their sexual risk behaviors. This study used data from waves 1 and 2 (ages 13-20 years, N=3,884) of
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), a nationally representative longitudinal data
set of 7th-through 12th-grade students in the US collected between 1994 and 2009. After controlling for covariates, stressful
life events predicted having a positive history of STIs, contraceptive nonuse at last sexual intercourse, and more frequent sex
for both females and males (ORs ranging from 1.18 - 2.16). Lack of problem-focused coping was related to greater risk of
contraceptive nonuse at last sexual intercourse among females (aOR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.10-1.16) and males (aOR = 1.16, CI
1.06-1.26). Findings suggest that interventions promoting healthy responses to stressful life events might positively influence
adolescents’ sexual risk behaviors. Screening adolescents for stressful life events may identify at-risk youth sooner, leading to
tailored preventive interventions.
J Pediatr Care 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C3-012