ArticleInternational journal of public health2019
Negative feelings about the timing of first sexual intercourse: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study.
Article in International journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Adolescents' experiences of the public health nurse's accessibility, guidance, and counseling about sexuality: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Cross-National Trends in Early Sexual Initiation Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents, 2002-2022.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Intercourse Among Adolescents in Post-Communist Albania.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Sexual behavior and cardiovascular diseases: univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Sexual function in Brazilian female adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022Article
- Psychosocial determinants of sexual norms and their impact on sexual debut in Polish adolescents.International journal of public health · 2020Article
- Romantic Attraction and Substance Use in 15-Year-Old Adolescents from Eight European Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Growing through adolescence: a gendered approach is needed.International journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study investigates the association between negative feelings about the first intercourse timing and sociodemographic and contextual factors. We hypothesized that girls and adolescents with an older first sexual partner will be more likely to report negative feelings and that prevalence of those feelings will vary across countries.
methodsAdolescents (N = 6073, mean age = 15.6 ± 0.34), from Bulgaria, France, Ireland, and Scotland, taking part in the 2013/2014 HBSC study, were asked about sexual initiation, their age and partner's age at first intercourse, and their feeling about the timing of first intercourse.
resultsOne-fifth of the 1321 adolescents who had had sexual intercourse reported negative feelings about the first intercourse timing. Girls, adolescents from low affluent families, and those with an older first partner were more likely to report negative feelings. However, after adjustment for covariates, only girls and those from less affluent families had significantly higher odds of reporting negative feelings.
conclusionsSexual education programmes need to explicitly address decision-making around timing of first intercourse in order to reduce negative feelings, with a special attention to gender and social inequalities.
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