Social Media And Adolescents Sexual Behavior In Addis Ababa The Case Of Ferehiwot No 2 Secondary And Preparatory School Students

This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess social media and adolescents’ sexualrnbehavior in Addis Ababa Ferehiwot No 2 secondary and preparatory school adolescentrnstudents. The study employs Use and gratification theory, social learning theory, socialrncognitive theory and cultivation theory to understand the issue of media content and how itrninfluence adolescents’ sexual behavior. Both qualitative and quantitative research design wasrnapplied in this study. A stratified random sampling was applied for the sample technique andrnamong the total of 2185 study populations 120 of them participated in this study. Afterrnfollowed the whole ethical procedure the data was conducted by means of questionnaire andrnfocus group desiccation. For quantitative data collection, questionnaires were adapted and forrnqualitative method focus group discussion was applied. Descriptive statistics was employed tornanalyze quantitative data and for qualitative data content analysis was applied. The finding ofrnthis study revealed that social media become extremely popular because it allows adolescentsrnto connect in the online world to form relationship, personal issues; and also revealed arnnumber of risks associate with social media use. Similarly the study finding ascertained thatrnsocial media has contributed in enhancing or increasing the occurrence of sexually relatedrnrisks like, unwanted pregnancy, sexual transmitted diseases, and abortion and school dropoutsrnamong adolescent students.rnKey wordsrnSocial media, Adolescence and Sexual behavior

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