Purpose Research suggests that parents can be important sources of sex education for their
children, but we know little about how this type of communication changes developmentally …

The Partner Communication Scale (PCS) was developed to assess frequency of
communicating about sexual topics with a male sex partner among African American …

CONTEXT: Despite the vast amount of existing research on adolescent sexual behavior,
little is known about the trajectory of social, romantic and sexual events within an …

The aim of this study was to investigate sexual behavior, contraceptive use, risk factors as
well as sources of sex information among first-year high-school students in Sweden …

Family communication about sex can protect adolescents from risky behavior, like early sex
and sex without protection. However, adolescents and parents often disagree about whether …

Having “the talk” with children can be difficult and uncomfortable. However, recent
behavioral research indicates that having this conversation, and having it often, is important …

CONTEXT: Social‐psychological theories of health behavior suggest that adolescents'
sexual behaviors are influenced by the sexual attitudes and behaviors of their friends …

Risky sexual behavior among adolescents is a major public health concern with potentially
long-lasting consequences, including pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and …

Purpose Low parental monitoring and low parental communication regarding sex predict
early sexual behavior and greater frequency of risky behaviors in adolescents individually; …

Parental sexual messages received by adolescents has been researched, but mainly in the
context of maternal sexual communication; research around influences of paternal sexual …