TY - JOUR
T1 - The correlation between social media use, peer influence, and sexual behaviour among adolescents
AU - Hastutii, Puji
AU - Salsabila, Ramadhanti
AU - Budiarti, Astrida
AU - Yunitasari, Esti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Objective: To assess the correlation among social media use, peer influence and sexual risk behaviour among school going adolescents. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to July 2022 after approval from the ethics review board of Stikes, Hang Tuah, Surabaya, Indonesia, and comprised grade 11 students of either gender at the Senior High School 1, Hang Tuah, Surabaya. Data was collected using social media and peer influence questionnaires. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23. Results: Of the 134 participants, 79(59%) were males, and 91(67.9%) were aged 17 years. Highly frequent social media usage was reported by 81(60.4%) subjects, getting influenced by peers by 82(61.2%) and sexual risk behaviour by 88(65.7%). Social media usage and peer influence were significantly associated with sexual behaviour (p<0.05). Conclusion: A significant relationship was noted of sexual behaviour with social media usage and peer influence.
AB - Objective: To assess the correlation among social media use, peer influence and sexual risk behaviour among school going adolescents. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to July 2022 after approval from the ethics review board of Stikes, Hang Tuah, Surabaya, Indonesia, and comprised grade 11 students of either gender at the Senior High School 1, Hang Tuah, Surabaya. Data was collected using social media and peer influence questionnaires. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23. Results: Of the 134 participants, 79(59%) were males, and 91(67.9%) were aged 17 years. Highly frequent social media usage was reported by 81(60.4%) subjects, getting influenced by peers by 82(61.2%) and sexual risk behaviour by 88(65.7%). Social media usage and peer influence were significantly associated with sexual behaviour (p<0.05). Conclusion: A significant relationship was noted of sexual behaviour with social media usage and peer influence.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Demography
KW - Peer influence
KW - Sexual behaviour
KW - Social media
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U2 - 10.47391/JPMA.Ind-S2-9
DO - 10.47391/JPMA.Ind-S2-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85152109152
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 73
SP - S39-S41
JO - JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 2
ER -
