Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Case Study

2.4 Consequences of Adolescents sexual Behaviour

Adolescent’s sexual activity is of widespread national concern. (Rector et al., 2003) The teenagers want to respond to their biological needs as early as possible. According to the 1997 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey data, nearly one half of high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse prior to graduation (Kann et al., 1998). Sexual behaviour may be associated with a broader range of consequences, especially on the physical level like sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. However, not all sexual intercourse is voluntary. (Kalmuss et al., 2003) As noted by Miller et al., (1995), 7 percent among 17–23-year-old female participants in the National Survey of Children had

(Brady et al., 1994) Statistics of January 2013 to March 2013 gathered by the Mauritius Family Planning and Welfare Association (MFPWA) revealed that there have been 35 reported cases of teenage pregnancy. Vidya Charan, the President of MFPWA cited in the article lematinal.com dated April 29th 2013, "Every year, MFPWA features nearly 300 child victims of sexual abuse... 200 are pregnant... The situation is worsening over the years. We have alarming figures facing us. It is time to

Teenagers are expected to perform well academically both by parents and society in general. However, if distractions like risky sexual activity and exposure to sexually related topics both on the internet and television affect them, this could be a major concern (Collin et al., 2011). Moreover, the youths are now indulging themselves into text messaging, pornography and online sex (Wolak et al., 2008). Thus, performance of school tasks is disregarded when cognitive absorption in online activities is so concentrated on. (Rouis et al., 2011) Likewise, early sexual intercourse is associated with low academic achievement, poor social skills and when indulging into delinquent behavior. (Beyens et al., 2015) Therefore, it is important to design effective interventions that will reduce the risk for poor academic performance (Rector et al.,