Parental monitoring, depression and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents living in slum areas

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between parental monitoring, depression and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents living in slums of Kampala district. A sample of 269 eligible adolescents participated in the study between age brackets of 13 to 17 years. A cross sectional study was used a stratified random sampling technique for selection of respondents with quantitative data collection and analysis method was used. Self administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The data was analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Scientists (IBM SPSS version 22). Pearson's correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that there was a significant relationship between parental monitoring and depression among adolescents living in slum areas. However, no significant relationship was found between parental monitoring and risky sexual behaviors as well as depression and risky sexual behaviors. Depression was also found to be insignificant in moderating the relationship between parental monitoring and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents living in slum areas.