Autoconcepto, autoeficacia y conductas sexuales de riesgo en adolescentes

In recent decades there has been an increase in risky sexual behaviors that directly affect the health and wellbeing. This trend is present in a greater proportion in the adolescent population, taking into account the characteristics of this stage. The aim of the study was to establish relationships between self-efficacy, self-concept and risky sexual behaviors in adolescents between 14 and 18 years old, from the city of Cali. se llevo a cabo una investigacion de caracter no experimental de tipo descriptivo - correlacional de corte trasversal. A non-experimental cross-sectional descriptivecorrelational study was carried out, with the participation of 133 adolescents. It was evidenced that both self-concept and self-efficacy work as protective factors to avoid risky behaviors for health and as a factor that drives the search for behaviors that benefit it, in this case, risky sexual behaviors. Bearing this in mind, the adolescent, who presents a high index of the variables mentioned above, may opt and put into practice preventive behaviors in the exercise of their sexuality.