Self-concept and sensation seeking as predictors of sexual behaviors under the influence of drugs among college students / Autoconcepto y búsqueda de sensaciones como predictores de conductas sexuales bajo los efectos de las drogas en universitarios
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https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v8i2.59Keywords:
Autoconcepto, búsqueda de sensaciones, conductas sexuales de riesgo, jóvenes, VIH/SIDA. / Keywords, Self-concept, sensation seeking, HIV/AIDS, sexual risk behavior, youngsters.Abstract
Los jóvenes constituyen una población de alto riesgo frente al VIH /
SIDA al ser las conductas sexuales sin protección una de las principales vías de transmisión en la actualidad. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar en qué medida variables cognitivas predisposicionales como el autoconcepto y la búsqueda de sensaciones, están relacionadas con las relaciones sexuales bajo los efectos de las drogas en jóvenes universitarios.
La muestra estuvo compuesta por 339 estudiantes con edades entre
18 y 29 años (M = 19.53; DE = 3.27). Los estudiantes cumplimentaron un cuestionario auto-administrado que evaluaba su comportamiento sexual, el consumo de sustancias, el nivel de búsqueda de sensaciones y de autoconcepto. Para analizar la capacidad predictiva de estas variables se elaboraron tres modelos de regresión independientes entre sí en función del tipo de sustancia consumida. El autoconcepto ha resultado ser predictor de las conductas de riesgo bajos los efectos del cannabis y otras drogas, pero no en el caso del alcohol. La búsqueda de sensaciones no resulta ser predictora de mantener relaciones sexuales bajo la influencia de las drogas.
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Youngsters represent a high HIV-related risk population because
unprotected sexual behavior is the mainly cause today. The aim of this study was to assess two cognitive variables, self-concept and sensation seeking, as predictors of sexual risk behavior among college students.
The sample included 339 undergraduates aged 18-29 years (M = 19.53; SD = 3.27). The students completed a self-administered questionnaire during the class about their sexual behaviors, drug-taking, and sensation seeking and self-concept scales. Three independent predicting models based on the kind of substance were tested. Self-concept is a predictor of risk sexual behavior under the influence of cannabis and other drugs, but not under the influence of alcohol. Sensation seeking isn’t a predictor of risk sexual behavior under influence of drugs.
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