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

Because much of the existing research examining sexual communication to African
American youth focuses on demographic and parental factors predicting sexual risk …

Purpose Sexual consent is important to healthy relationships; however, sexual coercion is
common. We examine modifiable risk and protective factors for sexual coercion among high …

Sexual communication between adolescent partners is an important component of sexual
health and wellbeing. Over 40 years of research on adolescent sexual communication has …

Relationships between sexual risk behaviors and emotional self-efficacy among high school
adolescents (N= 2,566), with the exclusion of some respondents, were explored via cross …

This study assessed early adolescents' sexual communication with dating partners, parents,
and best friends about six sexual health topics: condoms, birth control, sexually transmitted …

Background Ample evidence shows that partner sexual communication is related to condom
use. Although communication about safer sex may often occur when sexual arousal is high …

Importance Parent-adolescent sexual communication has received considerable attention
as a factor that can positively affect safer sex behavior among youth; however, the evidence …

Examining the factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviors is crucial for
understanding why they often engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using social cognitive …

The current study examined how relational factors (ie, communication, trust, relationship
satisfaction, and commitment) link to sexual health outcomes (ie, condom use, knowledge …