Association between Family Environment and Adolescents’ Sexual Adaptability: Based on the Latent Profile Analysis of Personality Traits
Rui Zhao,
Jun Lv,
Yan Gao,
Yuyan Li,
Huijing Shi,
Junguo Zhang,
Junqing Wu,
Ling Wang
Affiliations
Rui Zhao
Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Jun Lv
Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, National Health Commission, China Research Center on Disability Issues, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Yan Gao
Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Yuyan Li
NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Fudan University, Shanghai 200237, China
Huijing Shi
Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Junguo Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
Junqing Wu
NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Fudan University, Shanghai 200237, China
Ling Wang
Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Sexual adaptation plays an important role in psychosexual health. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between the family environment and sexual adaptability among adolescents with different personality traits. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Shanghai and Shanxi province. A total of 1106 participants aged 14–19 was surveyed in 2019, including 519 boys and 587 girls. Univariate analyses and mixed regression models were performed to assess the association. Girls had a significantly lower average score of sexual self-adaptation compared to boys (4.01 ± 0.77 vs. 4.32 ± 0.64, p p p p p p < 0.05). No factors associated with the family environment were found to influence sexual adaptability in groups with low neuroticism and high ratings in other personality factors. Compared with boys, girls demonstrated lower sexual self-adaptability, and their overall sexual adaptability was more susceptible to the family environment.
