Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid
This study analyzes the risk behavior about violence, drug use, sexual behavior, road safety and eating disorders in a representative sample of 1,720 ESO Students from Madrid. The majority of adolescents are not engaged in the most important risk behaviors. However, 22% has taken part on a fight las...
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| author | Carmen Meneses Jorge Uroz Olivares Silvia Giménez |
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| description | This study analyzes the risk behavior about violence, drug use, sexual behavior, road safety and eating disorders in a representative sample of 1,720 ESO Students from Madrid. The majority of adolescents are not engaged in the most important risk behaviors. However, 22% has taken part on a fight last year, 7.5% has been involved in a car or motorcycle accident, 20% was wearing the helmet on motorcycle and 4.7% was not using seatbelt on the travelling with friends. 10% indicated eating disorders. The most used drugs were tobacco, alcohol and cannabis and 28% had got drunk in the last year. 18% had had sexual intercourse and one of ten adolescents had had sexual relations without consent. There had been found important differences on the analyzed risk behaviors between sexes, grade/age and ethnic autoidentification. The Religious factor and Communication family factor were important for those students that have not taken risk behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaedca0d08064e6bb9c27be066a1f1cf2022-12-22T01:43:03ZengUniversidad Pontificia ComillasMiscelánea Comillas0210-95222341-085X2016-10-01661294614927088Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from MadridCarmen Meneses0Jorge Uroz Olivares1Silvia Giménez2Universidad Pontificia ComillasUniversidad Pontificia ComillasUniversidad Pontificia ComillasThis study analyzes the risk behavior about violence, drug use, sexual behavior, road safety and eating disorders in a representative sample of 1,720 ESO Students from Madrid. The majority of adolescents are not engaged in the most important risk behaviors. However, 22% has taken part on a fight last year, 7.5% has been involved in a car or motorcycle accident, 20% was wearing the helmet on motorcycle and 4.7% was not using seatbelt on the travelling with friends. 10% indicated eating disorders. The most used drugs were tobacco, alcohol and cannabis and 28% had got drunk in the last year. 18% had had sexual intercourse and one of ten adolescents had had sexual relations without consent. There had been found important differences on the analyzed risk behaviors between sexes, grade/age and ethnic autoidentification. The Religious factor and Communication family factor were important for those students that have not taken risk behaviors.https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/7378Adolescenciacomportamientos de riesgoviolenciaseguridad vialuso de drogas. |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Meneses Jorge Uroz Olivares Silvia Giménez Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid Miscelánea Comillas Adolescencia comportamientos de riesgo violencia seguridad vial uso de drogas. |
| title | Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid |
| title_full | Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid |
| title_fullStr | Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid |
| title_short | Patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from Madrid |
| title_sort | patterns of risk in behavior in adolescents from madrid |
| topic | Adolescencia comportamientos de riesgo violencia seguridad vial uso de drogas. |
| url | https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/7378 |
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