"Studies Cite Patterns Patterns in Teen Sex"

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"Studies Cite Patterns Patterns in Teen Sex"

Philadelphia Inquirer (12/24/90), P. 6C
Kochakian, Mary Jo

Abstract: Teenagers who are lonely or under stress are most likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, as are those who smoked or drank at an early age, according to two studies of teens reported at a recent meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Parents need to inform themsevles about AIDS and sexuality and discuss sex with children in elementary school, said researchers Allan Brenman and collageus of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. Among 1,049 10th graders surveyed, 52 percent were sexually active and only 27 percent of those who had had sex in the previous month used a condom. Although students were knowledgeable about HIV transmission, this did not make them use condoms. Those students who were more likely to take risks in general, such as those who had smoked cigarettes and tried alcohol at an early age, were more likely to have risky sex. Another study of 407 Newark, N.J., teens linked drug and alcohol use to risky sex and also mood--loneliness and stress. Jacqueline Bartlett of the University of Medicine and Dentistry said parents should pay attention to their children's emotional states.

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