Relations Between Social Skills and High-Risk Sexual Interactions among Adolescents

Relations between social skills and high-risk sexual interactions among adolescents. Current issues and future directions.

Researchers have begun to employ social-skills training in efforts to change the sexual behavior of adolescents. However, despite the promise of social-skills training, little is known about how social skills are related to the sexual practices of adolescents. The present article reviews the current literature and proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the relations between social sk...

Relations Between Social Skills and High-Risk Sexual Interactions Among Adolescents

Social norms of sexual initiation among adolescents and gender relations.

This study aimed to identify standards and expectations regarding sexual initiation of 14 to 18 year-old adolescents in Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, using data from four focal groups conducted in 2006. Results revealed that gender issues are clearly present in participants' reports and showed to be essential in their choices about the moment, partners and contraceptive practices in the first sexual r...

The Relationship between Family Environment, Social Skills, and Problem Solving among Female High School Students

Possessing social and problem-solving skills is essential for successful performance in life. The family and educational system can equip students with these vital skills. This study was carried out to determine the relationship between the family environment, social skills, and problem solving among female students. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical populati...

The Relationship between Social skills and Attitude towards Substance Abuse among High School Students

Introduction: Substance abuse is one of the health, medical, and social problems in today’s world that affects more or less all societies. Adolescence is one of the riskiest periods of life in terms of beginning high-risk behaviors such as drug use. Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between social skills and attitudes towards substance abuse in high school adolescent...