Internet Usage and Risky Sexual Behavior among High School Students in a Suburban Area of Indonesia

Kusman Ibrahim; Adriati Ajeng Juliana; Dyah Setyorini; Iqbal Pramukti

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.6379

Authors

Kusman Ibrahim Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8609-288X
Adriati Ajeng Juliana Department of Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-6258
Dyah Setyorini Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
Iqbal Pramukti Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.6379

Keywords:

Internet usage, Sexual behavior, High-school students, Risk factors

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Internet has been of great benefit to human life, however, it has some disadvantages which exist particularly among young people.

AIM: Therefore, this study aims to investigate the internet usage and risky sexual behavior among high school students in a suburban area in Indonesia.

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study carried out using stratified random sampling in a high school located in a suburban area in West Java, Indonesia. Furthermore, self-administered Modified Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) questionnaire was applied to measure the risky sexual behavior among the students.

RESULTS: The results showed that based on the overall risky sexual behavior from internet usage, 35 (12.9%), 211 (77.6%), and 26 (9.6%) subjects were at low, medium, and high risk, respectively. Furthermore, the male gender and browsing for sexual content video were discovered to be the significant risk factors associated with risky sexual behavior with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 5.79 (95% CI: 1.15-29.14) and 3.11 (95% CI: 1.03-9.39), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: From the results obtained, it was concluded that the prevalence of risky sexual behavior based on internet usage is high among students. Furthermore, it was discovered that male students need more attention by being involved in healthy sexual education. In addition, the role of policy-maker in filtering the accessible content for students is required.

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