%0 Journal Article
%T Self-Efficacy in Sexual Health: A Focus on Adolescents in Mexico
%A Rocio Rocha-Rdz
%A Macario Ordu£¿a Cabrera
%A Mariely Acosta-¨¢lvarez
%A Nereyda Hern¨¢ndez-Nava
%J Health
%P 1459-1466
%@ 1949-5005
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/health.2017.910106
%X Self-efficacy is a belief in a person¡¯s ability to perform action or behavior to achieve what is desired independent of the actual capacity of personal outcome. Objective: To determine the level of self-efficacy in adolescents of a public institution in the state of San Luis Potos¨ª. Methodology: A correlational study of 179 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years using stratified random sampling. The instrument used was the self-control scale for the prevention of STIs/ AIDS (SEA-27) consisting of 40 items and Cronbach¡¯s alpha of 0.908. Results: The surveys of the adolescent population correspond to 179 students, of whom 56% are men and 44% are women, the average age being 15 years. The level of self-efficacy of students for HIV-AIDS prevention, where the most relevant data are related to evaluated: 76% corresponds to students who do not induce someone to have self-efficacy, 75% say no to a person whose sexual history is unknown, 74% say no to someone whose drug history is unknown and 70% say no to someone who has drunk and/or consumed alcohol (X<sup>2</sup> = 39,638, df = 4 <i>p</i> &lt; 000); Conclusions: In general, adolescents today are perceived as vulnerable to sexual behavior and have safe sex, which leads us to believe that they do not protect against HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies.
%K HIV/AIDS
%K Self-Efficacy
%K Sexual Behavior
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=79488