Media and sex among alternative school students

Soledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves; Susan R. Tortolero; Christine Markham; Elizabeth Baumler

doi:10.1300/J455v01n04_04

Media and sex among alternative school students

Soledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves, Susan R. Tortolero, Christine Markham, Elizabeth Baumler

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Abstract

A school-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 927 Latino and African American students attending 10 alternative schools in Houston, Texas, to investigate mass media consumption and its influence on sexual risk-taking behavior. Among males, exposure to television increased their risk of engaging in early sexual intercourse. Females who reported a preference for watching television programs that showsex weremore likely to ever have sex than their counterparts, more likely to have more than one partner during the past three months, and more likely to use condoms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	33-50
Number of pages	18
Journal	American Journal of Sexuality Education
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J455v01n04_04
State	Published - Oct 27 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Alternative schools
Media
Risk taking
Sexual behavior
Students

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Education

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