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Estudo retrospetivo sobre a relação entre os comportamentos sexuais de risco e a prática de sexting em jovens adultas portuguesas
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Os comportamentos sexuais de risco são aqueles que colocam em risco a saúde do próprio e/ou de terceiros (Castro & Santos-Iglesias, 2016). Estes parecem ser explicados, em parte, por dimensões da personalidade, tais como, a impulsividade e a procura de sensações. Em consequência da evolução dos meios de comunicação, surgiu um novo fenómeno que parece também estar relacionado com este tipo de comportamentos, o sexting, isto é, envio e/ou receção de mensagens de texto e/ou imagem com conteúdo sexual.
Neste estudo contou-se com a participação de 65 jovens adultos, do sexo feminino, de nacionalidade portuguesa, heterossexuais, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 30 anos de idade. Os mesmos foram divididos em dois grupos, com e sem frequência no ensino superior, com o propósito de comparar, de forma retrospetiva, os mesmos, nas dimensões analisadas. Foram utilizados vários instrumentos para obtenção de informações relativas aos dados sociodemográficos, à prática e atitude face ao sexting, à realização de comportamentos sexuais de risco, e, à expressividade das dimensões de personalidade (impulsividade e procura de sensações).
Os resultados obtidos não vão ao encontro do esperado, tendo em consideração a literatura empírica existente, defensora de que os jovens adultos do sexo feminino com menor escolaridade apresentam valores mais elevados de procura de sensações e impulsividade, assim como maior realização de comportamentos sexuais de risco. No presente estudo verifica-se a existência de poucas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre grupos, pelo que se poderá questionar se realmente existem diferenças entre a presente amostra e as utilizadas em outros estudos, ou, se os resultados encontrados terão sido influenciados pelas características da população em causa.
Sexual risk behaviours are those that endanger the health of oneself and / or third parties (Castro & Santos-Iglesias, 2016). These seem to be explained, in part, by personality dimensions, such as impulsiveness and sensation seeking. As a result of media’s evolution, a new phenomenon, named “sexting” (sending and / or receiving text messages and / or images with sexual content) has emerged. It also seems to be related to sexual risk behaviours. In this study participated 65 female, Portuguese, heterosexual young adults, between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. They were divided into two groups, with and without frequency in higher education, with the purpose of retrospectively comparing them, in the considered dimensions. Various instruments were used to obtain information related to sociodemographic data, the practice and attitude towards sexting, the performance of risky sexual behaviours, and the expressiveness of the personality dimensions (impulsiveness and sensation seeking). The results obtained do not meet expectations, taking into account the existing empirical literature, which advocates that young female adults with less education have higher values of sensation-seeking and impulsiveness, as well as greater performance of risky sexual behaviours. In the present study, there are few statistically significant differences between groups, so it can be questioned whether there really are differences between this sample and those used in other studies, or whether the results found were influenced by the characteristics of the population in cause.
Sexual risk behaviours are those that endanger the health of oneself and / or third parties (Castro & Santos-Iglesias, 2016). These seem to be explained, in part, by personality dimensions, such as impulsiveness and sensation seeking. As a result of media’s evolution, a new phenomenon, named “sexting” (sending and / or receiving text messages and / or images with sexual content) has emerged. It also seems to be related to sexual risk behaviours. In this study participated 65 female, Portuguese, heterosexual young adults, between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. They were divided into two groups, with and without frequency in higher education, with the purpose of retrospectively comparing them, in the considered dimensions. Various instruments were used to obtain information related to sociodemographic data, the practice and attitude towards sexting, the performance of risky sexual behaviours, and the expressiveness of the personality dimensions (impulsiveness and sensation seeking). The results obtained do not meet expectations, taking into account the existing empirical literature, which advocates that young female adults with less education have higher values of sensation-seeking and impulsiveness, as well as greater performance of risky sexual behaviours. In the present study, there are few statistically significant differences between groups, so it can be questioned whether there really are differences between this sample and those used in other studies, or whether the results found were influenced by the characteristics of the population in cause.
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Comportamentos sexuais de risco Impulsividade Procura de sensações Sexting Jovens adultos Ensino Superior