Journal article
Childhood behavior problems and age at first sexual intercourse: A prospective birth cohort study
SR Skinner, M Robinson, MA Smith, SCC Robbins, E Mattes, J Cannon, SL Rosenthal, JL Marino, M Hickey, DA Doherty
Pediatrics | Published : 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Early first sexual intercourse (FSI) is a risk factor for unplanned abstract teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection, and adverse social, emotional, and physical health outcomes in adolescence and into adulthood. The aim of this study was to examine relationships between internalizing (eg, anxious/depressed, withdrawn) and externalizing (eg, delinquent, aggressive) behavior problems in childhood and age at FSI. METHODS: We used a large, population-based birth cohort (The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort [Raine] Study) to address this question. Child behavior was measured by using the Child Behavior Checklist collected from parents at ages 2, 5, 8, 10, ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support via core funding from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Raine Medical Research Foundation, The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, UWA Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, Women and Infants Research Foundation, and Curtin University. The Raine Study is also funded by Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) program grants 963209, 003209, 211912, and 353514. The present work was further supported by NHMRC project grant 634509, the Telstra Foundation, the Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation, and Australian Health Management. Dr Hickey is supported by NHMRC Clinical Fellowship 1058935; Dr Robinson is supported by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship 1054400 and a Western Australia New Independent Researcher Infrastructure Support Award.