Association between social-cognitive factors and intention towards sexual activity among school-going late adolescents in Kuantan, Malaysia

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ID13899260
AuthorsFa’iza Abdullah (0000-0001-9586-8627, International Islamic University Malaysia), Nor Azlina A Rahman (0000-0002-9046-6183, International Islamic University Malaysia, corresponding author), Noor Azimah Muhammad (0000-0001-6598-0060, Department Family Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Nurul Akmanidar Zainuddin (International Islamic University Malaysia), Suhaiza Samsudin (0000-0002-5503-3438, International Islamic University Malaysia)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1000-1008
Publication date2020-10-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-3843 • E-ISSN: 2164-4527
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673843.2020.1828111
OpenAlexW3115420192
LanguageEN
References cited18

This was a cross-sectional study to identify the association between socio-cognitive factors (permissive attitude, social-norms, and self-efficacy) and intention towards sexual activity among 466 Malaysian school-going late adolescents (aged 18–19 years) in Kuantan, Malaysia. Majority were females (64.4%), Malays (67.4%) and Muslims (68.2%). Simple logistic regression from data collected by self-administered validated Youth Sexual-Intention Questionnaire (YSI-Q) showed significantly increase risk of having sexual intention for each unit increase in permissive attitude, social-norms and self-efficacy scores with the odds ratio (OR) of 1.424, 1.303 and 1.215, respectively. On the other hand, multivariate logistic regression resulted in male, non-Malay, ever-smoker students and permissive attitude showing significantly higher risk towards having sexual intention with the OR of 0.163 (male was the reference group), 5.110, 3.288 and 1.236, respectively. In order to reduce risky sexual behaviour among adolescents, school-based health education is essential

Association (psychology · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Logistic regression · Malay · Odds · Odds ratio · Permissive · Psychiatry · Sexual behavior · Social cognitive theory · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Internal Medicine

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