Life skills as predictors of risky sexual behaviors among primary school adolescents in Tanzania

The findings underscore the importance of integrating life skills education into the primary school curriculum to enhance adolescents' abilities to make safer sexual decisions, reduce risky sexual behaviors, prevent unwanted pregnancies, and support evidence-based educational practices for adolescent sexual health.

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Acta Psychologica
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2026-01-22
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106287
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Life skills as predictors of risky sexual behaviors among primary school adolescents in Tanzania

Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa, Ahmad Kanyama
Acta Psychologica
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Life skills as predictors of risky sexual behaviors among primary school adolescents in Tanzania

Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa, Ahmad Kanyama
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Abstract

The findings underscore the importance of integrating life skills education into the primary school curriculum to enhance adolescents' abilities to make safer sexual decisions, reduce risky sexual behaviors, prevent unwanted pregnancies, and support evidence-based educational practices for adolescent sexual health.

Acta PsychologicaVol. 263
University of Dar es Salaam (TZ)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 84%
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
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