Relationships Between Adolescent Stress,Depressive Symptoms,and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adulthood: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Sociology, University of Georgia, 324 Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30606, United States;2. Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, United States;3. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, 157 IBR Psychology Building, Athens, GA 30602, United States;4. Department of Sociology, SUNY Buffalo, 430 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;5. Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, W112 Lagomarcino Hall, Ames, IA 50011, United States;6. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, United States;7. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 2-126B Medical Education Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States;1. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (IQUIFIB), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, 62794, USA;3. Laboratorio de Carcinogénesis Hormonal, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Vuelta de Obligado, 2490 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina;4. Geriatrics Research, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, 62794, USA;1. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, United States;2. Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, United States;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, United States;4. Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States;1. Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Salud, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile |
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| Abstract: | IntroductionThis study examined longitudinal associations between stressful life events and depressive symptoms, assessed during two time points of adolescence, and sexual risk behavior, assessed during young adulthood.MethodsStructural equation modeling was conducted with three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.ResultsAnalyses revealed bidirectional relationships between stressful life events and depressive symptoms during the two time points of adolescence. Adolescent depressive symptoms indirectly affected young adult sexual risk behavior through adolescent stressful life events. Adolescent stressful life events during late adolescence were directly associated with young adult sexual risk behavior.DiscussionFindings highlight the need to screen for both depression and stressful life events during adolescence, to identify at-risk adolescents and deliver tailored interventions to prevent sexual risk behavior during young adulthood. |
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