TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Protective factors and protected sexual behaviors in Venezuelan high school students
JO  - Salud y drogas
A1  - Guerrero Alcedo, Jesús Manuel
A1  - Torrellas, Adriana Isabel Lucena
A1  - Romero, Lorena del Carmen Espina
SP  - 46
EP  - 62
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - INTRODUCTION: sexual behavior has gained greater emphasis among health professionals due to the social and personal repercussions it has caused in new generations. It has become a public health problem at national and international level, which affects such a vulnerable population as adolescents. <br><br>PURPOSE: this study aims to empirically evaluate the direct and indirect influence of age, sex, self-efficacy to prevent HIV, sexual resilience, psychological well-being, self-concept, functional social support and family communication on protected sexual behaviors in Venezuelan high school students. <br><br>METHOD: it comprises a non-experimental, correlational, explan­atory study with a cross-sectional design. A sample of 317 students was taken, selected under an accidental non-probabilistic sampling. <br><br>RESULTS: it was found that protective sexual behaviors are directly influenced by HIV prevention self-efficacy, sexual resilience and self-concept, and indirectly by functional social support, sex and family communication. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings will allow the design of health promotion strategies that foster personal resources that will help students maintain safe sexual behaviors.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1578-5319
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v22i2.656
ID  - ref1
ER  -