ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017
The Sooner, the Worse? Association between Earlier Age of Sexual Initiation and Worse Adolescent Health and Well-being Outcomes.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Depression, Suicidality, and Substance Abuse Among Sexual Risk Behavior Subgroups of Male High School Students.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Unprotected Sex and Its Association with Other Risky Behaviours Among European Students: A Multinational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- "You cannot stay with one person once you begin having sex at a young age": the prevalence, correlates and effects of early sexual debut among children in Ghana.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among students aged 12 to 24 after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China: prevalence and associated factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prevalence and determinants of inconsistent condom use among unmarried sexually active youth. a secondary analysis of the 2016-2017 Eswatini HIV incidence measurement survey.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents: the synergistic role of affective and rational processes.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Feelings about the timing of first sexual intercourse and health-related quality of life among adolescents.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
This cross-sectional study assesses the association between age of sexual initiation during adolescence and a selection of well-being outcomes regarding that first relationship. High-school adolescents from El Salvador (2,686) and from Peru (3,399) replied to a paper-pencil questionnaire. Those who were sexually initiated replied to several questions regarding their age at sexual initiation, condom use, satisfaction and reasons/circumstances for that sexual relationship. Approximately 19% of participants were sexually initiated (
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