Open AccessDepressive symptoms as a longitudinal predictor of sexual risk behaviors among African-American adolescents.
Author(s) -
Jacklyn D. Foley,
Peter A. Vanable,
Larry K. Brown,
Michael P. Carey,
Ralph J. DiClemente,
Daniel Römer,
Robert F. Valois
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000780
Subject(s) - psycinfo , clinical psychology , condom , psychological intervention , mood , medicine , longitudinal study , psychology , demography , psychiatry , medline , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , family medicine , pathology , sociology , political science , law
Understanding individual level factors associated with sexual risk behaviors among African-American adolescents remains an important public health priority. The current secondary data analysis examined the longitudinal association between a baseline assessment of depressive symptoms and sexual risk behaviors reported 6 months later; the purpose was to determine whether the association of depressive symptoms to risky sex varies as a function of gender. A secondary aim was to examine self-efficacy for sex refusal and condom use assessed at a 3-month follow-up as mediators of the depressive symptoms-sexual risk relationship.