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Sexual debut before the age of 14 leads to poorer psychosocial health and risky
behaviour in later life
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Kastbom ÅA
; Sydsjö G
; Bladh M
; Priebe G
; Svedin CG
Acta Paediatr
2015[Jan]; 104
(1
): 91-100
PMID25213099
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AIM: This study investigated the relationship between sexual debut before 14
years of age and socio-demographics, sexual experience, health, experience of
child abuse and behaviour at 18 years of age. METHODS: A sample of 3432 Swedish
high school seniors completed a survey about sexuality, health and abuse at the
age of 18. RESULTS: Early debut was positively correlated with risky behaviours,
such as the number of partners, experience of oral and anal sex, health
behaviours, such as smoking, drug and alcohol use, and antisocial behaviour, such
as being violent, lying, stealing and running away from home. Girls with an early
sexual debut had significantly more experience of sexual abuse. Boys with an
early sexual debut were more likely to have a weak sense of coherence, low
self-esteem and poor mental health, together with experience of sexual abuse,
selling sex and physical abuse. A multiple logistic regression model showed that
a number of antisocial acts and health behaviours remained significant, but early
sexual debut did not increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms, low self-esteem
or low sense of coherence at 18 years of age. CONCLUSION: Early sexual debut was
associated with problematic behaviours during later adolescence, and this
vulnerability requires attention from parents and healthcare providers.
|Adolescent
[MESH]
|Adolescent Behavior
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|Health Behavior
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Male
[MESH]
|Parenting
[MESH]
|Risk-Taking
[MESH]
|Sex Offenses/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Sexual Behavior/*psychology/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
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