TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk Perception and Health Behaviors in relation to Casual Sex in College Women
AU - Soster, Andresa Pinho
AU - de Souza, Miguel Luis Alves
AU - Castro, Elisa Kern De
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - This study aimed to explore and compare the perceptions of physical health risks and healthy sex behaviors among female university students with (CEX) and without (SEX) experience in casual sex. With a comparative cross-sectional design, the study included 1,133 Brazilian female university students (mean age 21.05 years, SD=2.05), mostly born and resident in the southern region of the country, who completed an online questionnaire about their perception of physical risks, their health behaviors, and their sexual behavior and history. There was a significant difference in health behaviors and risk perceptions between the two groups, where the CEX group showed higher levels of healthy behaviors and care than the SEX group. Although casual sex is related to risk behaviors, in this study, women in the CEX group reported taking more health protection measures than those in the SEX group.
AB - This study aimed to explore and compare the perceptions of physical health risks and healthy sex behaviors among female university students with (CEX) and without (SEX) experience in casual sex. With a comparative cross-sectional design, the study included 1,133 Brazilian female university students (mean age 21.05 years, SD=2.05), mostly born and resident in the southern region of the country, who completed an online questionnaire about their perception of physical risks, their health behaviors, and their sexual behavior and history. There was a significant difference in health behaviors and risk perceptions between the two groups, where the CEX group showed higher levels of healthy behaviors and care than the SEX group. Although casual sex is related to risk behaviors, in this study, women in the CEX group reported taking more health protection measures than those in the SEX group.
KW - college students
KW - health psychology
KW - psychosexual behavior
KW - sexual attitudes
KW - women - hygiene and health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105804305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/1413-82712021260110
DO - 10.1590/1413-82712021260110
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105804305
SN - 2175-3563
VL - 26
SP - 117
EP - 128
JO - Psico-USF
JF - Psico-USF
IS - 1
ER -