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  • Associations of Risk of Depression With Sexual Risk Taking Among Adolescents in Nova Scotia High Schools

    Author(s)
    Wilson, Kevin
    Asbridge, Mark
    Kisely, Steve
    Langille, Don
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kisely, Steve R.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Objective: Several interrelated factors, including depression, influence adolescents' chances of risky sexual behaviour. We examined the relation between depression and sexual risk-taking behaviours in adolescents after accounting for the effects of other variables. Method: We surveyed male (n = 1120) and female (n = 1177) adolescents at 4 high schoolsin central Nova Scotia, measuring factors known to be associated with sexual risk taking.Risk of depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Outcomes were self-reported sexual behaviours. We used logistic regression to assess ...
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    Objective: Several interrelated factors, including depression, influence adolescents' chances of risky sexual behaviour. We examined the relation between depression and sexual risk-taking behaviours in adolescents after accounting for the effects of other variables. Method: We surveyed male (n = 1120) and female (n = 1177) adolescents at 4 high schoolsin central Nova Scotia, measuring factors known to be associated with sexual risk taking.Risk of depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Outcomes were self-reported sexual behaviours. We used logistic regression to assess associations of multiple factors with sexual risk taking. Results: In univariate analyses, risk of depression was associated with 3 risk-taking behaviours for females (being sexually active, having unplanned sex when using substances, and not using effective contraception at last intercourse) and 2 for males (having unplanned sex when using substances and having more than 1 partner in the previous year). In full multivariate models, risk of depression in females remained significantly associated with unplanned sex and nonuse of effective contraception at last intercourse, but was no longer associated with being sexually active. For males, both associations remained significant. Conclusions: Risk of depression is consistently and independently associated with adolescent sexual risk behaviours after adjusting for other variables. Health care providers working with teenagers should screen for risky sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted infections if depression is apparent in their patients.
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    Journal Title
    The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume
    55
    Issue
    9
    Publisher URI
    http://ww1.cpa-apc.org:8080/Publications/cjpHome.asp
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author[s] for more information.
    Subject
    Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified
    Medical and Health Sciences
    Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35588
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