APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Associations Among Impulsivity, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Desirability of First Sexual Experience on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Taking in Justice-Involved Male Adolescents
- Ryan Ross
University of New Mexico - Elizabeth Yeater
University of New Mexico - Gabriela Lopez
University of New Mexico - Kristen Vitek
University of New Mexico - Angela Bryan
University of Colorado, Boulder
Abstract
Justice-involved male adolescents (n = 314) completed measures of substance use, sexual history, impulsivity, and adverse childhood experiences. Structural equation modeling revealed associations among more adverse childhood experiences, higher impulsivity, and greater substance use, and among higher desirability of first sexual experience, greater impulsivity, and higher sexual risk taking.
Sexuality/Sexual Behavior
