An epigenetic developmental model was employed in focusing on experiential variables
assumed to be antecedent to child, adolescent, and college‐age sexual behavior …

This scale assesses female respondents' perceptions of how easy it is to communicate with
a partner during sexual activity, and how frequently they communicate desired stimulation to …

Quality of couples sexual communication remains an understudied area, despite its link with
important relational outcomes such as relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and …

The family plays an important and powerful role in the sexual socialization of children and
adolescents. The information and messages that are (or are not) communicated between …

Comfort discussing sex with friends may develop over time and may be associated with
individual and peer characteristics. The current paper uses longitudinal data to examine the …

This study used a person-centred approach to consider profiles of parent–child sex
communication. We sought to determine whether profiles of sex communication were …

Limited research has examined the romantic relationships of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) youth despite evidence of relationship-oriented risks, including STI/HIV …

Sexual communication from parents is crucial to healthy sexual well-being in young people,
yet there is a dearth of research offering evidence-based guidelines for how and when …

We integrated findings from 35 recent, longitudinal studies of the onset of heterosexual
intercourse. Correlates of adolescent sexual intercourse onset, whether in early (before age …

Research on the role of sex-related Internet use in adolescents' sexual development has
often isolated the Internet and online behaviors from other, offline influencing factors in …