The Magnitude and Predictors of Socially Concealed Behaviors (Violence) among Adolescents Visiting Primary Health Care Centers in Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah - 2017
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Introduction: Studies illustrated that adolescents' neurological development as decision-making and future-oriented thinking is not fully developed, making them more vulnerable to several risky behaviors. Risky behaviors problem among adolescents are usually hidden especially in conservative community, therefore, the current research describes adolescents' risky behavior focus on the socially concealed behavior such as violence. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional analytical study was carried out among 817 participants at primary health care centers (PHCCs) belonging to the Ministry of Health according to municipal of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from the participants through a self–administered questionnaire. Analytical statistics were done in the form of Chi Square tests (χ2) test and Fisher exact test and p value less than 0.05 was considered as a level of significance. Results: Violent behavior was observed in both genders, and the evaluated results have highlighted that, unlike the common conception that males are usually involved in physical fights during the adolescence, females in the studied sample were more involved in physical fights than males, p<0.001. However, females in the current study were found to be more exposed to physical injuries while going out rather than in the educational institutes, p<0.001. Females were significantly more likely to be bullied electronically through instant messaging, website or texting (15.8%) than males (10.4%). The predictors of threatening someone shows that older participants (Odds ratio, 1.412; 95% CI; 1.079, 1.846) who are divorced compared to singles (Odds ratio, 4.488; 95% CI; 1.129, 17.849) and living in public houses compared to those in villas (Odds ratio, 5.703; 95% CI; 1.665, 19.527) p<0.05. Conclusion: The risky behaviors including violence, shows that adolescents get highly effected by parental relationship and living conditions. The current study has added a significant insight and played a special role in literature by adding the effect of gender difference and debate parental relationship on Adolescents and their variant patterns towards risky behaviors.
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Asmaa Awwad Al-Qusibri, Adel Ibrahim, Amal Hassan Alghamdi
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.6.024
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