Abstract
Summary: In adolescence, dating behavior may escalate into sexual contact which has implications for unwanted pregnancies followed by various negative effects. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of self-efficacy on adolescent motivation and analyze the influence of motivation on the adoption of Sexual Abstinence. This study is an observational analytic with a cross-sectional approach, sampling using the Multistage Cluster Random technique with a total of 299 respondents. The data analysis used is Structural Equation Model test at a significance of 0.05. The results showed that there was an influence of self-efficacy variable on motivation with a P value of 0.010 and there was no influence of the motivation variable on the adoption of sexual abstinence with a P value of 0.225. High self-efficacy in adolescents can increase adolescent motivation in adopting sexual abstinence behavior. It takes effort to increase self-efficacy in adolescents which can affect the motivation in adopting sexual abstinence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 428-430 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Indian journal of public health |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Good health
- high school
- sexual abstinence
- student
- well-being
