TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Association Between Life Satisfaction and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescents
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Valois, Robert F.
A1  - Zullig, Keith J.
A1  - Huebner, E. Scott
A1  - Kammermann, Sandra K.
A1  - Drane, J. Wanzer
SP  - 427
EP  - 440
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - Relationships between perceived life satisfaction and sexual risk-taking behaviors were examined in a statewide sample of public high school students ( n = 4,758) using the self-report CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Adjusted polychotomous logistic regression analyses and multivariate models (via SUDAAN) constructed separately, revealed a significant race by gender interaction for each race-gender group. Age of first intercourse (=13), two or more lifetime sexual intercourse partners, alcohol/drug use before last intercourse, no use of contraception at last intercourse, being forced to have sex, forcing someone to have sex, and having beaten up a date in the last 12 months and having been beaten up by a date (in last 12 months) were associated ( p = .05) with reduced life satisfaction. Measures of life satisfaction as a component of comprehensive assessments of adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviors in fieldwork, research, and program-evaluation efforts should be considered.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1020931324426
ID  - ref1
ER  -