Abstract

OCANA ZUNIGA, JESÚS et al. Psychosocial and family correlates of sexual behavior in indigenous and urban adolescents from Chiapas (México). Psicol. caribe [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.1, pp.68-93.  Epub Oct 30, 2021. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.38.1.155.3.

Adolescence is a stage of physiological and emotional changes. This transition to adulthood involves exposure to risks that can have personal, familar and schoolar consequences. Some of these are associated with the beginning of an active sexual life, for example, unwanted pregnancies or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. This paper analyzes the relationship between sexual behaviors regarding psychosocial and familiar variables in adolescents from rural and urban areas of Chiapas, Mexico. The study, of quantitative type, was made with a sample of 4,952 adolescents students from secondary and high school level from Chiapas, México. The data collection instruments consisted on a questionnaire about sexual behaviors and six scales to measure suicidal ideation, depressive symptomatology, impulsivity, self-esteem and relationship with parents. The results indicate significant differences between the average scores of the scales applied and the age of sexual initiation, the use of condoms in the first and subsequent sexual intercourse, the frequency of sexual encounters and the number of different sexual partners. The results are relevant in the context of the study because Chiapas is a multicultural area and ethnically di-versed, where research on sexual behavior with adolescents in rural and urban areas is scarce.

Keywords : sexual behavior; psychosocial problems; adolescents; indigenous.

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