WHO , 2018. Adolescents: Health Risks and Solutions. Avaliable at: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions. Accessed September 29, 2018.
Bankole A , Biddlecom A , Guiella G , Singh S , Zulu E , 2007. Sexual behavior, knowledge and information sources of very young adolescents in four sub-Saharan African countries. Afr J Reprod Health 11: 28–43.
Okigbo CC , Kabiru CW , Mumah JN , Mojola SA , Beguy D , 2015. Influence of parental factors on adolescents’ transition to first sexual intercourse in Nairobi, Kenya: a longitudinal study. Reprod Health 12: 73.
Mavedzenge SN , Luecke E , Ross DA , 2014. Effective approaches for programming to reduce adolescent vulnerability to HIV infection, HIV risk, and HIV-related morbidity and mortality: a systematic review of systematic reviews. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 66: S154–S169.
WHO , 2018. Adolescent Pregnancy. Available at: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-pregnancy. Accessed September 29, 2018.
Mmari K , Kalamar AM , Brahmbhatt H , Venables E , 2016. The influence of the family on adolescent sexual experience: a comparison between Baltimore and Johannesburg. PLoS One 11: e0166032.
Babalola S , Tambashe BO , Vondrasek C , 2005. Parental factors and sexual risk-taking among young people in Cote d’Ivoire. Afr J Reprod Health 9: 49–65.
Sidze EM , Defo BK , 2013. Effects of parenting practices on sexual risk-taking among young people in Cameroon. BMC Public Health 13: 616.
Roche KM , Ahmed S , Blum RW , 2008. Enduring consequences of parenting for risk behaviors from adolescence into early adulthood. Soc Sci Med 66: 2023–2034.
Biddlecom A , Awusabo-Asare K , Bankole A , 2009. Role of parents in adolescent sexual activity and contraceptive use in four African countries. Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35: 72–81.
Bersamin M , Todd M , Fisher DA , Hill DL , Grube JW , Walker S , 2008. Parenting practices and adolescent sexual behavior: a longitudinal study. J Marriage Fam 70: 97–112.
National Population Commission (NPC) , 2014. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Abuja, Nigeria, and Rockville, MD: ICF.
Abiodun O , Sotunsa J , Ani F , Jaiyesimi E , 2014. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and predictors of uptake of HIV counseling and testing among undergraduate students of a privately owned university in Nigeria. BMC Res Notes 7: 639.
University of Sussex , 2018. Sexual Health, Contraception, and Pregnancy. Health and Wellbeing. Available at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/wellbeing/sexualhealth. Accessed October 7, 2018.
Procidano ME , Heller K , 1983. Measures of perceived social support from friends and from family: three validation studies. Am J Community Psychol 11: 1–24.
Glozah FN , Pevalin DJ , 2016. Psychometric properties of the perceived social support from family and friends scale: data from an adolescent sample in Ghana. J Child Fam Stud 26: 88–100.
Smilkstein G , Ashworth C , Montano D , 1982. Validity and reliability of the family APGAR as a test of family function. J Fam Pract 15: 303–311.
Oyedeji GA , 1985. The socio-economic and cultural background of hospitalized children in Ilesha. Niger J Paediatr 12: 111–117.
WHO , 2013. Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence against Women: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
StataCorp , 2017. Stata Statistical Software: Release 15. College Station, TX: StataCorp LLC.
National Population Commission (NPC) , 2019. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018. Abuja, Nigeria, and Rockville, MD: ICF.
Liu G , Hariri S , Bradley H , Gottlieb SL , Leichliter JS , Markowitz LE , 2015. Trends and patterns of sexual behaviors among adolescents and adults aged 14 to 59 years, United States. Sex Transm Dis 42: 20–26.
WHO , 2018. WHO Recommendations on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
WHO , 2013. Global and Regional Estimates of Violence against Women: Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
Lundgren R , Amin A , 2015. Addressing intimate partner violence and sexual violence among adolescents: emerging evidence of effectiveness. J Adolesc Health 56 (Suppl 1): S42–S50.
Russell M , Cupp PK , Jewkes RK , Gevers A , Mathews C , LeFleur-Bellerose C , Small J , 2014. Intimate partner violence among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Prev Sci 15: 283–295.
Stöckl H , March L , Pallitto C , Garcia-Moreno C , 2014. Intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women: prevalence and associated factors in nine countries: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 14: 751.
Planty M , Langton L , Krebs C , Berzofsky M , Smiley-McDonald H , 2013. Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994–2010. US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice. Available at: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvsv9410.pdf.
Obidi SS , 2006. Indigenous moral education in Nigeria. J Moral Educ 13: 56–60.
Olakitan T , 2014. Perception and attitude of parents, teachers, and students concerning corporal punishment in secondary schools in Ibadan North-East local government area, Nigeria. Ibadan, Nigeria: Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Ibadan.
Miller KS , Forehand R , Kotchick BA , 2000. Adolescent sexual behavior in two ethnic minority groups: a multisystem perspective. Adolescence 35: 313–333.
Wang B , Li X , Stanton B , Kamali V , Naar-King S , Shah I , Thomas R , 2007. Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China. BMC Public Health 7: 189.
McNeely C , Shew ML , Beuhring T , Sieving R , Miller BC , Blum RW , 2002. Mothers’ influence on the timing of first sex among 14- and 15-year-olds. J Adolesc Health 31: 256–265.
Afifi TO et al. 2017. Spanking and adult mental health impairment: the case for the designation of spanking as an adverse childhood experience. Child Abuse Neglect 71: 24–31.
Gershoff ET , 2013. Spanking and child development: we know enough now to stop hitting our children. Child Dev Perspect 7: 133–137.
Lansford JE et al. 2014. Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 43: 670–685.
Buemi SJ , 2009. How Race-Gender Status Affects the Relationship between Spanking and Depressive Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents. Kent State University. Available at: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=kent1250632557&disposition=inline.
Whaley AL , 2000. Sociocultural differences in the developmental consequences of the use of physical discipline during childhood for African Americans. Cult Divers Ethnic Mino Psychol 6: 5–12.
Romer D , Stanton B , Galbraith J , Feigelman S , Black MM , Li X , 1999. Parental influence on adolescent sexual behavior in high-poverty settings. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153: 1055–1062.
Hoelscher DM et al. 2015. Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population: study design and demographic data from the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) study. Child Obes 11: 71–91.
DiClemente RJ , Wingood GM , Crosby R , Sionean C , Cobb BK , Harrington K , Davies S , Hook EW 3rd , Oh MK , 2001. Parental monitoring: association with adolescents’ risk behaviors. Pediatrics 107: 1363–1368.
Kalina O , Madarasova Geckova A , Klein D , Jarcuska P , Orosova O , van Dijk JP , Reijneveld SA , 2013. Mother’s and father’s monitoring is more important than parental social support regarding sexual risk behaviour among 15-year-old adolescents. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 18: 95–103.
Parkes A , Henderson M , Wight D , Nixon C , 2011. Is parenting associated with teenagers’ early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partners? Perspect Sexual Reprod Health 43: 30–40.
Dittus PJ , Michael SL , Becasen JS , Gloppen KM , McCarthy K , Guilamo-Ramos V , 2015. Parental monitoring and its associations with adolescent sexual risk behavior: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics 136: e1587–e1599.
Simons RL , Whitbeck LB , 2016. Sexual abuse as a precursor to prostitution and victimization among adolescent and adult homeless women. J Fam Issues 12: 361–379.
Tyler KA , Hoyt DR , Whitbeck LB , 2016. The effects of early sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among female homeless and runaway adolescents. J Interpersonal Violence 15: 235–250.
Githaiga C , Osuocha M , Lawani A , 2019. Unmasking the Naija Lifestyle .Lagos, Nigeria: Ipsos Nigeria. Available at: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/publication/documents/2019-06/nigeria-briefing-unmasking-the-naija-lifestyle.pdf.
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Adolescents often engage in high-risk behaviors which often have lifelong consequences. It is unclear whether an association exists between adolescents’ perception of family support and family functioning and sexual risk behavior. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 702 adolescent students (aged 15–19 years) of a university in Nigeria and assessed high-risk sexual behavior (HRSB) and their judgment of family functioning and support. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to evaluate the relationship between HRSB and the perception of family support and functioning. We found that 114 (16.2%, 95% CI: 13.69–19.16) of the adolescents engaged in HRSB. A higher proportion of boys (22.7%, 95% CI: 17.79–28.47) than girls (12.93, 95% CI: 10.17–16.31) engaged in HRSB (P = 0.001). The prevalence of intimate partner violence in our study was 8% (95% CI: 6.19–10.29). Participants with lower perception scores were more likely to be engaged in HRSB (aOR: 0.920, 95% CI: 0.878–0.965). Likewise, the perception of family functioning was inversely related to HRSB among the participants (aOR: 0.884, 95% CI: 0.813–0.962). There is an association between adolescents’ perception of family support and functioning and HRSB. This association may provide a link in the complex interaction between the role of the family and adolescent sexuality. Programs and interventions for preventing HRSB and promoting risk-reducing autonomous decision-making among adolescents should include context- and setting-specific interventions that improve family support and functioning, and those that target in dysfunctional family settings.
Disclosure: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study will be available on reasonable request to the authors from the ResearchGate repository (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olumide_Abiodun). We obtained written informed consent from all the participants. We also got authorization from the parents or guardians (someone who has legal authority over the adolescent) of participants who were younger than 18 years. We received ethics approval for the research protocol from the Babcock University Human Research Ethics Committee (BUHREC/552/18). We conducted the interview sessions privately and handled data confidentially. We de-identified and restricted access to all the data. We then encrypted electronic data and stored them securely. De-identified data will be made available on reasonable request from the lead author, who is required to obtain the consent of the other authors before granting such requests. We performed our study in compliance with all the relevant guidelines and regulations.
Authors’ addresses: Olumide Abiodun, Department of Community Medicine, Benjamin S. Carson (Snr.) School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan, Nigeria, and Department of Community Medicine, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan, Nigeria, E-mail: olumiabiodun@gmail.com. Kolawole Sodeinde, Omodele Jagun, Akindele Ladele, Akinmade Adepoju, Faith Ohiaogu, Omolola Adelowo, Opeyemi Ojinni, John Adekeye, Olufunke Bankole, and Fortunate Mbonu, Department of Community Medicine, Babcock University Benjamin S Carson Senior School of Medicine, Ilishan, Nigeria, E-mails: kolawolesodeinde024@gmail.com, omodelly@yahoo.com, kolade0909@gmail.com, a_adepoju@hotmail.co.uk, faithfay84@gmail.com, adelowoomolola@gmail.com, talk2yetundeojinni@gmail.com, johnadekeye05@gmail.com, olufunkeabankole@gmail.com, and fortunatembonu@gmail.com.
WHO , 2018. Adolescents: Health Risks and Solutions. Avaliable at: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions. Accessed September 29, 2018.
Bankole A , Biddlecom A , Guiella G , Singh S , Zulu E , 2007. Sexual behavior, knowledge and information sources of very young adolescents in four sub-Saharan African countries. Afr J Reprod Health 11: 28–43.
Okigbo CC , Kabiru CW , Mumah JN , Mojola SA , Beguy D , 2015. Influence of parental factors on adolescents’ transition to first sexual intercourse in Nairobi, Kenya: a longitudinal study. Reprod Health 12: 73.
Mavedzenge SN , Luecke E , Ross DA , 2014. Effective approaches for programming to reduce adolescent vulnerability to HIV infection, HIV risk, and HIV-related morbidity and mortality: a systematic review of systematic reviews. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 66: S154–S169.
WHO , 2018. Adolescent Pregnancy. Available at: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-pregnancy. Accessed September 29, 2018.
Mmari K , Kalamar AM , Brahmbhatt H , Venables E , 2016. The influence of the family on adolescent sexual experience: a comparison between Baltimore and Johannesburg. PLoS One 11: e0166032.
Babalola S , Tambashe BO , Vondrasek C , 2005. Parental factors and sexual risk-taking among young people in Cote d’Ivoire. Afr J Reprod Health 9: 49–65.
Sidze EM , Defo BK , 2013. Effects of parenting practices on sexual risk-taking among young people in Cameroon. BMC Public Health 13: 616.
Roche KM , Ahmed S , Blum RW , 2008. Enduring consequences of parenting for risk behaviors from adolescence into early adulthood. Soc Sci Med 66: 2023–2034.
Biddlecom A , Awusabo-Asare K , Bankole A , 2009. Role of parents in adolescent sexual activity and contraceptive use in four African countries. Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35: 72–81.
Bersamin M , Todd M , Fisher DA , Hill DL , Grube JW , Walker S , 2008. Parenting practices and adolescent sexual behavior: a longitudinal study. J Marriage Fam 70: 97–112.
National Population Commission (NPC) , 2014. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Abuja, Nigeria, and Rockville, MD: ICF.
Abiodun O , Sotunsa J , Ani F , Jaiyesimi E , 2014. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and predictors of uptake of HIV counseling and testing among undergraduate students of a privately owned university in Nigeria. BMC Res Notes 7: 639.
University of Sussex , 2018. Sexual Health, Contraception, and Pregnancy. Health and Wellbeing. Available at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/wellbeing/sexualhealth. Accessed October 7, 2018.
Procidano ME , Heller K , 1983. Measures of perceived social support from friends and from family: three validation studies. Am J Community Psychol 11: 1–24.
Glozah FN , Pevalin DJ , 2016. Psychometric properties of the perceived social support from family and friends scale: data from an adolescent sample in Ghana. J Child Fam Stud 26: 88–100.
Smilkstein G , Ashworth C , Montano D , 1982. Validity and reliability of the family APGAR as a test of family function. J Fam Pract 15: 303–311.
Oyedeji GA , 1985. The socio-economic and cultural background of hospitalized children in Ilesha. Niger J Paediatr 12: 111–117.
WHO , 2013. Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence against Women: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
StataCorp , 2017. Stata Statistical Software: Release 15. College Station, TX: StataCorp LLC.
National Population Commission (NPC) , 2019. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018. Abuja, Nigeria, and Rockville, MD: ICF.
Liu G , Hariri S , Bradley H , Gottlieb SL , Leichliter JS , Markowitz LE , 2015. Trends and patterns of sexual behaviors among adolescents and adults aged 14 to 59 years, United States. Sex Transm Dis 42: 20–26.
WHO , 2018. WHO Recommendations on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
WHO , 2013. Global and Regional Estimates of Violence against Women: Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
Lundgren R , Amin A , 2015. Addressing intimate partner violence and sexual violence among adolescents: emerging evidence of effectiveness. J Adolesc Health 56 (Suppl 1): S42–S50.
Russell M , Cupp PK , Jewkes RK , Gevers A , Mathews C , LeFleur-Bellerose C , Small J , 2014. Intimate partner violence among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Prev Sci 15: 283–295.
Stöckl H , March L , Pallitto C , Garcia-Moreno C , 2014. Intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women: prevalence and associated factors in nine countries: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 14: 751.
Planty M , Langton L , Krebs C , Berzofsky M , Smiley-McDonald H , 2013. Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994–2010. US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice. Available at: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvsv9410.pdf.
Obidi SS , 2006. Indigenous moral education in Nigeria. J Moral Educ 13: 56–60.
Olakitan T , 2014. Perception and attitude of parents, teachers, and students concerning corporal punishment in secondary schools in Ibadan North-East local government area, Nigeria. Ibadan, Nigeria: Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Ibadan.
Miller KS , Forehand R , Kotchick BA , 2000. Adolescent sexual behavior in two ethnic minority groups: a multisystem perspective. Adolescence 35: 313–333.
Wang B , Li X , Stanton B , Kamali V , Naar-King S , Shah I , Thomas R , 2007. Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China. BMC Public Health 7: 189.
McNeely C , Shew ML , Beuhring T , Sieving R , Miller BC , Blum RW , 2002. Mothers’ influence on the timing of first sex among 14- and 15-year-olds. J Adolesc Health 31: 256–265.
Afifi TO et al. 2017. Spanking and adult mental health impairment: the case for the designation of spanking as an adverse childhood experience. Child Abuse Neglect 71: 24–31.
Gershoff ET , 2013. Spanking and child development: we know enough now to stop hitting our children. Child Dev Perspect 7: 133–137.
Lansford JE et al. 2014. Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 43: 670–685.
Buemi SJ , 2009. How Race-Gender Status Affects the Relationship between Spanking and Depressive Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents. Kent State University. Available at: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=kent1250632557&disposition=inline.
Whaley AL , 2000. Sociocultural differences in the developmental consequences of the use of physical discipline during childhood for African Americans. Cult Divers Ethnic Mino Psychol 6: 5–12.
Romer D , Stanton B , Galbraith J , Feigelman S , Black MM , Li X , 1999. Parental influence on adolescent sexual behavior in high-poverty settings. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153: 1055–1062.
Hoelscher DM et al. 2015. Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population: study design and demographic data from the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) study. Child Obes 11: 71–91.
DiClemente RJ , Wingood GM , Crosby R , Sionean C , Cobb BK , Harrington K , Davies S , Hook EW 3rd , Oh MK , 2001. Parental monitoring: association with adolescents’ risk behaviors. Pediatrics 107: 1363–1368.
Kalina O , Madarasova Geckova A , Klein D , Jarcuska P , Orosova O , van Dijk JP , Reijneveld SA , 2013. Mother’s and father’s monitoring is more important than parental social support regarding sexual risk behaviour among 15-year-old adolescents. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 18: 95–103.
Parkes A , Henderson M , Wight D , Nixon C , 2011. Is parenting associated with teenagers’ early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partners? Perspect Sexual Reprod Health 43: 30–40.
Dittus PJ , Michael SL , Becasen JS , Gloppen KM , McCarthy K , Guilamo-Ramos V , 2015. Parental monitoring and its associations with adolescent sexual risk behavior: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics 136: e1587–e1599.
Simons RL , Whitbeck LB , 2016. Sexual abuse as a precursor to prostitution and victimization among adolescent and adult homeless women. J Fam Issues 12: 361–379.
Tyler KA , Hoyt DR , Whitbeck LB , 2016. The effects of early sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among female homeless and runaway adolescents. J Interpersonal Violence 15: 235–250.
Githaiga C , Osuocha M , Lawani A , 2019. Unmasking the Naija Lifestyle .Lagos, Nigeria: Ipsos Nigeria. Available at: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/publication/documents/2019-06/nigeria-briefing-unmasking-the-naija-lifestyle.pdf.
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