Investigators recruited 522 black adolescent
females aged 14 to 18 from medicine clinics, health departments, and school health
clinics.
The study was limited to black females who were sexually active in the past six months.
The interview was conducted by trained black female interviewers in private examination
rooms. Subjects were screened for Nesseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and
Trichomonas vaginalis. Each participant was asked to insert 2 sterile dacron-tipped swabs
~2.5 inches or as far as comfortable into the vagina, rotating them for 15 to 30 seconds,
and then removing them.
Researchers hoped to create an environment in which black females would feel comfortable
sharing information about their attitudes and behaviors. Subjects were given $20 for their
participation in the study.
Results of the study indicated that 29.7% of the subjects watched X-rated movies. Exposure
to X-rated movies was linked to risky sexual behaviors and negative attitudes towards sex;
adolescents were more likely to be indifferent towards using condoms, to have multiple sex
partners, to have not used a condom in the last six months and or the last time they had
sex as well as to test positive for Chlamydia.
Scientists concluded that further studies on this topic are needed to get a greater
understanding of the effect of X-rated movies on adolescents’ contraceptive attitudes
and sexual behavior.
Author : Oh, M. Kim
Complete findings of the study appear in. Pediatrics 2001;107:1116-1119 |
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