The Relationship between Social Adjustment and High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Female High School Students

 The present study aimed to examine the relationship between social adjustment and high-risk sexual behavior among female high school students.

The research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The statistical population consisted of all female high-school students in Tehran in the school year of 2018-2019. Two schools were selected from the four districts of Tehran (North, South, East, and West) through the multi-stage cluster random sampling method, and 35 out of 3993 students were selected as the samples using the Morgan table. The research tools included the high-risk sexual behavior questionnaire and the family functioning questionnaire. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics including correlation and regression methods.

 The results indicated that there was a significant negative relationship between social adjustment and high-risk sexual behavior.

The existence of a correlation between high-risk sexual behaviors helps social health authorities and institutions such as the department of education to identify behaviors that can be controlled with less cost and time, and prevent the occurrence of other behaviors in students.