Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
McKinney, Cliff
Committee Member
Eakin, Deborah
Committee Member
Keeley, Jared
Date of Degree
8-11-2012
Original embargo terms
MSU Only Indefinitely
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Clinical Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The current study examines how risk factors such as psychopathology and risky sexual behavior may impact quality of life negatively and how protective factors such as perceived positive parenting, social support, and self-efficacy may impact quality of life positively. The sample consisted of 507 participants aged 18 to 29 years enrolled at a southeastern university. Results indicate that higher levels of risky sexual behavior were associated with higher levels of psychopathology; lower scores on all quality of life subscales; and lower levels of perceived positive parenting, social support, and selfefficacy. Higher scores on all quality of life subscales were associated with higher levels of perceived positive parenting, social support, and self-efficacy and lower levels of psychopathology. When all factors were examined in a regression, the effects of perceived positive parenting, social support, and self-efficacy on quality of life were greater than the effects of RSB and psychopathology.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/21235
Recommended Citation
Leibold, Hillary Cheryl, "Protective and Risk Factors associated with Risky Sexual Behavior and Quality of Life Implications for Emerging Adults" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 3664.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3664
Comments
Emerging adulthood||sex*||sexual behavior