Relationships among sexual self‐concept and sexual risk cognition toward sexual self‐efficacy in adolescents: Cause‐and‐effect model testing

ConclusionBased on social cognitive theory and a structural equation model technique, this study confirmed the mediating role of sexual risk cognition in the relationship between sexual self‐concept and sexual self‐efficacy. Also, sexual self‐concept's direct and indirect effects explaining adolescents' sexual self‐efficacy were found in this study.

Source: Japan Journal of Nursing Science - October 1, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Hsiu‐Yueh HSU, Hsing‐Yi YU, Jiunn‐Horng LOU, Cheng‐Joo ENG Tags: Original Article Source Type: research