Background Sexual communication between partners is associated with safer sex
behaviours, including condom use among adolescents. Several studies have found a …

The current sexual development literature has done much to elucidate the factors
contributing to sexual risk-taking in African American youth. However, there is a need to …

The purpose of this study was to move beyond a sexual risk framework to investigate the
possible associations among three sex-positive constructs for adolescents: their sexual self …

Purpose The impact of supportive relationships on adolescent girls' sexual behaviors and
psychological functioning has been explored in a number of studies, but results have been …

This study examined the role of the parent-adolescent relationship in promoting health
protective sexual behavior among African American female adolescents. Specifically, two …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Risky sexual behaviors put adolescents at increased risk of
adverse outcomes. Parents, school‐based adults, and peers play important roles in …

This study examined the associations between sexual self-concept (sexual esteem and
sexual anxiety) and sexual self-efficacy (situational and resistive) in a sample of 388 high …

Schools are an important source of information about sexuality, but programs that focus on
promoting knowledge alone generally have limited impact on sexual health. Schools also …

This study assessed a newly developed Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy Scale
designed to measure the sexual communication self-efficacy of adolescent men and women …

Purpose: To identify psychosocial and behavioral correlates of refusing unwanted sex
among African-American female adolescents. We hypothesized that greater power in …