Psychosocial correlates of safe sex self-efficacy among in-school adolescent girls in Lagos, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent girls in Nigeria are at heightened risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. However, there are limited studies on psychosocial factors that are associated with safe sex intentions among this population. Self-efficacy has been established as an important correlate of behavioral intentions and the actual behavior. The objective of this research was to examine how key psychosocial factors such as social support, parental monitoring, and future orientation influence perceived safe sex self-efficacy among in-school adolescent girls in Nigeria. Furthermore, we assessed the associations between these psychosocial factors and HIV-related knowledge and safe sex self-efficacy.

Methods

A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 426 adolesc

SUBMITTER: Nwaozuru U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310695 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature