CONTEXT: Research on adolescent condom use often focuses on the influence of parents,
peers and environmental factors. Although most sexually active teenagers have sex within …

This study describes associations of partner‐specific relationship characteristics with
consistent condom use among 297 young people (ages 13–24) with sexually transmitted …

PURPOSE: The role of closeness of sexual partners to family and friends (ie, how well the
participant's family and friends knew their primary sexual partner) to a variety of relationship …

Although sexual risk behavior occurs in a dyadic context, most studies of adolescent sexual
behavior focus on individuals. This study uses couple data (N= 488 couples) from the …

PURPOSE:: The purpose of this study was to describe the various types of adolescent
sexual relationships and to examine the association between the type of sexual relationship …

PURPOSE: To investigate the extent to which need for intimacy in relationships and motives
for sex are capable of distinguishing between adolescents who always have protected sex …

PURPOSE:: National surveys have found that the percentage of female adolescents who
report condom use at last sex differs by age group. Using longitudinal data, the authors …

Research indicates that people use condoms less often with a regular sexual partner than
with a casual partner because they believe condoms are not needed. This article reports …

A large proportion of young people move from one sexually active dating relationship to
another over the course of their teen and young adult years. A common behavioural pattern …

PURPOSE: To incorporate a behavioral model of health services utilization to examine
whether male adolescents' family, individual, sex education, and partner factors are …