Kontakt 2024, 26(2):138-143 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2024.002

Determinants of risky behaviour of 15-year-old adolescents in relation to early underage sexual initiation in SlovakiaNursing - Original article

Radoslava Cifríková1 *, Martina Bašková1, Peter Kolarčik2, 3, Zuzana Škodová1
1 Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Institute of Midwifery, Martin, Slovak Republic
2 Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Psychology, Košice, Slovak Republic
3 Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Introduction: The objective of this article is to analyse the determinants of risky behaviour of school children and their impact on early sexual initiation, considering differences between sexes.

Methods: The paper analyses the results of the HBSC international study conducted in Slovakia in 2018. A total of 1,293 schoolchildren (81.8% response rate) participated in the study. 15-year-old adolescents were assessed. Differences between boys and girls were also analysed.

Results: In the 2018 data collection, the occurrence of underage sexual intercourse was more common among boys (17%) than girls (11.3%). Overall, 94.3% of children reported not having smoked and not having had an early sexual experience. Conversely, 26.1% of the children who admitted having smoked, had had sex. As for alcohol consumption, 19.2% of the pupils who had drunk alcohol reported early sexual initiation but, in a statistically significant indicator, up to 34.1% of adolescents who had had sexual intercourse were in a state of drunkenness at the time.

Conclusion: To some extent, experimentation and risky behaviours in adolescence are socially acceptable. However, the timing of adolescents' first sexual intercourse can have an impact on their health and mental well-being. There is a need to recognise and monitor possible determinants that may lead to their risky sexual activities. There is also a clear and pressing need for legislative standards. Paediatric care and nursing play a vital role in the primary prevention of risk activities.

Keywords: Adolescence; First sexual intercourse; Health behaviour in school-aged children; Risky behaviour
Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Received: September 26, 2023; Revised: November 30, 2023; Accepted: January 17, 2024; Prepublished online: January 18, 2024; Published: May 31, 2024  Show citation

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Cifríková R, Bašková M, Kolarčik P, Škodová Z. Determinants of risky behaviour of 15-year-old adolescents in relation to early underage sexual initiation in Slovakia. Kontakt. 2024;26(2):138-143. doi: 10.32725/kont.2024.002.
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