Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang
Background: The consequences of adolescents in early involvement with sexual activity include sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, and unsafe abortion. Objectives: To identify the socio-demographic and sociocognitive factors (permissive attitude, social norms, and selfefficacy) assoc...
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| author | Abdullah, Fa’iza Zainuddin, Nur Akmanidar Draman, Samsul A. Rahman, Nor Azlina Muhammad, Noor Azimah |
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| description | Background: The consequences of adolescents in early involvement with sexual activity include sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, and unsafe abortion.
Objectives: To identify the socio-demographic and sociocognitive factors (permissive attitude, social norms, and selfefficacy) associated with sexual intention to engage in premarital sex among school-going late adolescent in Kuantan, Pahang.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in nine government secondary schools in Kuantan district between February-April 2018. A total of 466 self-administered validated Youth Sexual Intention Questionnaires (YSI-Q) data are collected among unmarried students aged 18-19 years-old. Statistical analyses were done using IBM SPSS version 22.0.
Results: Majority of the participants were females (64.4%), Muslims (68.2%) and Malays (67.4%). Simple logistic regression on socio-cognitive factors showed for every one unit increase in permissive attitude, social norms and self-efficacy scores, there were 1.424, 1.303 and 1.215 times increase risk of having sexual intention, with p-value of 0.001 each and 95% CI of odds ratio(OR) 1.268-1.600, 1.191-1.425 and 1.0661.386, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression showed that female had lower risk of having sexual intention compared to male (p=0.001, OR=0.163, CI=0.058-0.462), Non-Malays had higher risk compared to Malay students and ever-smokers had higher risk compared to non-smoker students towards having sexual intention with p=0.001, OR=5.110, CI=1.881-13.886 and p=0.019, OR=3.288, CI=1.218-8.875, respectively. In addition, for every unit increase in permissive attitude score, there was 1.236 times increase risk of having sexual intention with p=0.002 and 95% CI of OR=1.084-1.410.
Conclusion: The risk of having sexual intention was found to be higher among males, non-Malay and ever-smoker students; and also among those with higher permissive attitude scores. Therefore, further study and peer education intervention programs are required for school-going students to improve their permissive attitude and to prevent risk behavior that may lead to sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity. |
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| spelling | iium-730682022-06-30T03:32:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73068/ Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang Abdullah, Fa’iza Zainuddin, Nur Akmanidar Draman, Samsul A. Rahman, Nor Azlina Muhammad, Noor Azimah R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine Background: The consequences of adolescents in early involvement with sexual activity include sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, and unsafe abortion. Objectives: To identify the socio-demographic and sociocognitive factors (permissive attitude, social norms, and selfefficacy) associated with sexual intention to engage in premarital sex among school-going late adolescent in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in nine government secondary schools in Kuantan district between February-April 2018. A total of 466 self-administered validated Youth Sexual Intention Questionnaires (YSI-Q) data are collected among unmarried students aged 18-19 years-old. Statistical analyses were done using IBM SPSS version 22.0. Results: Majority of the participants were females (64.4%), Muslims (68.2%) and Malays (67.4%). Simple logistic regression on socio-cognitive factors showed for every one unit increase in permissive attitude, social norms and self-efficacy scores, there were 1.424, 1.303 and 1.215 times increase risk of having sexual intention, with p-value of 0.001 each and 95% CI of odds ratio(OR) 1.268-1.600, 1.191-1.425 and 1.0661.386, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression showed that female had lower risk of having sexual intention compared to male (p=0.001, OR=0.163, CI=0.058-0.462), Non-Malays had higher risk compared to Malay students and ever-smokers had higher risk compared to non-smoker students towards having sexual intention with p=0.001, OR=5.110, CI=1.881-13.886 and p=0.019, OR=3.288, CI=1.218-8.875, respectively. In addition, for every unit increase in permissive attitude score, there was 1.236 times increase risk of having sexual intention with p=0.002 and 95% CI of OR=1.084-1.410. Conclusion: The risk of having sexual intention was found to be higher among males, non-Malay and ever-smoker students; and also among those with higher permissive attitude scores. Therefore, further study and peer education intervention programs are required for school-going students to improve their permissive attitude and to prevent risk behavior that may lead to sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity. Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2019-06-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73068/1/73068_Factors%20Associated%20With%20Sexual%20Intention_complete.pdf Abdullah, Fa’iza and Zainuddin, Nur Akmanidar and Draman, Samsul and A. Rahman, Nor Azlina and Muhammad, Noor Azimah (2019) Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang. Malaysian Family Physician, 14 (Supplement 2). p. 3. ISSN 1985-207X E-ISSN 1985-2274 http://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/v14s2.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine Abdullah, Fa’iza Zainuddin, Nur Akmanidar Draman, Samsul A. Rahman, Nor Azlina Muhammad, Noor Azimah Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title | Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title_full | Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title_short | Factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang |
| title_sort | factors associated with sexual intention towards pre-marital sex activity among school-going late adolescents in kuantan, pahang |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine |
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