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标题：SEXUAL SENSATION-SEEKING AND WORRY ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STD) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION AMONG SPANISH ADOLESCENTS
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作者：Olga Gutiérrez-Martínez ; María Paz Bermúdez ; Inmaculada Teva 等
期刊名称：Psicothema
印刷版ISSN：0214-9915
电子版ISSN：1886-144X
出版年度：2007
卷号：19
期号：4
页码：661-666
出版社：Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado
摘要：The target of this study is to assess the relationship between sexual sensation-seeking, worry about STD/HIV infection, and risky sexual behaviours among 182 adolescents aged 13-18 years. Results showed that participants who engaged in a wider range of potentially risky behaviours (e.g., sexual experience, higher number of sexual partners in last six months, and the last sexual contact with a casual partner) obtained higher sensation-seeking scores. It was also found that adolescents who engaged in sex with a casual partner in their last sexual contact reported being worried about STD/HIV infection, but adolescents having sex with a steady partner underestimated their risk of STD/HIV infection. These results support the idea that preventive programmes may benefit from including components aimed at teaching adolescents to satisfy their preferences for sexual sensation-seeking through novel and stimulating sexual behaviours involving minimum risk. Similarly, the need to include components aimed at making adolescents become realistically aware of the STD/HIV risk involved in unprotected intercourse with steady love partners is highlighted.