This study examines the effects of different types of sexual expectancies on early sexual
behavior among racial/ethnic minority young adolescents. African American and Latino …

Theorists suggest that adolescent girls' sexual socialization can influence sexual risk
reduction and positive sexuality development, although adolescent girls' positive sexuality …

PURPOSE: To prospectively examine the relationship between mother–daughter
communication about sex and selected sexual risk behaviors among inner-city adolescent …

Purpose: To examine how interpersonal factors are associated with family, peer, and partner
social support among urban female adolescents in sexual relationships. Design: Secondary …

By middle adolescence, most young people have been involved in at least one romantic
relationship, a context in which many sexual interactions occur. Indeed, researchers have …

Dating relationships of young adults have gained increased attention in recent years.
However, the relationship characteristics and interpersonal factors that are associated with …

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 …

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

This study explored how sexuality education relates to young and emerging adults' sexual
behavior and communication. A questionnaire measured 140 US participants'(18–28) …

Purpose Developmental models link sexual well-being to physical, mental/emotional, and
social well-being, yet little empirical literature evaluates these relationships in adolescents …