Nathalie Moreau1, András Költő2,3, Honor Young4, Florence Maillochon5, Emmanuelle Godeau6,7. 1. Service d'Information Promotion Education Santé (SIPES), Centre de Recherche "Epidémiologie, Biostatistiques et recherche clinique", Ecole de Santé Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. nathalie.moreau@ulb.ac.be. 2. Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. 3. Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. 4. Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. 5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ENS, Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CNRS, ENS, EHESS), Paris, France. 6. École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), Rennes, France. 7. Service Médical du Rectorat de l'académie de Toulouse, UMR 1027 Inserm, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This 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. METHODS: Adolescents (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. RESULTS: One-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. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual 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.
OBJECTIVES: This 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. METHODS: Adolescents (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. RESULTS: One-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. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual 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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Keywords:
Adolescence; First sexual intercourse; HBSC; International comparisons; Negative feelings
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