Predictors of Sexual Risk Prevention in Heterosexual Male Adolescents

Abstract

This cross sectional survey aimed to analyze predictors of sexual risk prevention in heterosexual male adolescents. Cluster sampling 425 male adolescents were selected from junior high school students in Tak province. Data were collected by using self-administered online questionnaires. The reliability of the questionnaires was between 0.7143-0.938. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (fre-quency, mean, standard deviation) and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that responsibility, knowledge of sexual prevention, attitude of risk sexual, decision making skill, monthly expense, and grade point average (GPA) altogether could predict up to 31.9% of sexual risk prevention in heterosexual male adolescents; and the calcuated equation was as follow: sexual risk prevention in hetero-sexual male adolescents (Y) = 0.292(responsibility) + 0.203(knowledge of sexual prevention) - 0.251 (attitude of risk sexual) + 0.143(decision making skill) - 0.108(monthly expense) + 0.100(GPA). Therefore, prevention of sexual risk should be implemented by increasing learning process on responsibil-ity, improving knowledge of sexual prevention and decision making skill, together with the reduction of monthly expense and adjustment of their attitude.