Briefly explain contextual and cognitive factors related to sexual risk taking in adolescence.

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Two contextual factors related to sexual risk taking in adolescence are these: 

?Socioeconomic status: The percentage of sexually active young adolescents is higher 
in low-income areas of inner cities. 
?Familial and parenting factors: Sexual risk taking in adolescence is associated to 
lower level of parental monitoring, greater level of disagreements between parents and children, and similar factors. 

Two cognitive factors related to sexual risk taking in adolescence are these: 
?Antisocial behavior: being violent, stealing, and running away from home were 
associated with greater sexual risk-taking. 
?Another longitudinal study found that weak self-regulation at 8 to 9 years of age and 
risk proneness (tendency to seek sensation and make poor decisions) at 12 to 13 years of age set the stage for sexual risk taking at 16 to 17 years of age.

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