According to studies there has been an increase of unprotected intercourse in adolescents that leads to sexually transmitted diseases, psychological disorders, and the use of substance abuse (Jemmott, Fong, G. T. (2005)). Adolescents typically go to the use of drugs to throw away the feelings they encounter in everyday situations. Studies also show that most adolescents that involve their selves in intercourse at an early age will have a larger number of sexual partners, and use condoms less often when engaged in intercourse.
Objective
The purpose of this paper is to show the comparisons between harm avoidance, and reward dependence, and risky sexual behaviors. Along with showing how African American Adolescents background factors in drug use and HIV sexual risk behaviors affect their everyday lives (Deykin, E et al.,2005). Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors is defined as the inconsistent or non-use of condoms, inconsistent or non-use of other contraceptive. Evidence has shown that these behaviors could lead to conduct disorder by the DSM-III-R. It showed arguments or fights, hurting someone badly, serious fights, shop lifting, etc. By doing several studies it will determine the relevance from sexual behavior to other problems that could be associated with it.
Surveys of Literature
According to Angela and Stallings (2006b) there has been a tremendous increase of sexually transmitted diseases which includes infections as in (HIV) and unplanned pregnancy. Adolescent risky sexual behavior from applied health psychology (Bryan et al, 2006) says there is little research on looking how early behaviors underlie personality dimensions that could result in risky sexual behavior. There has been a theory stating that risky sexual behavior is due to substance abuse by Cloningers (TPQ) Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire.
For instance the inability to show inappropriate behavior is being excluded by impulsive personality traits, as well as