Introduction Psychological, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors play a significant role in
making one vulnerable to developing a sexual concern, in triggering the onset of a sexual …

Understanding how young adolescents make decisions to engage in early sexual activities
is vital for intervention efforts aimed at fostering positive youth development and reducing …

CONTEXT: Little research links adolescent risk behaviors to reproductive health outcomes
beyond adolescence, although young adults—men and women in their early 20s—bear a …

CONTEXT: Effective STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should benefit from knowledge
of what motivates adolescents to have sex. Positive motivations, and how they differ by …

We present results of the first longitudinal study of long‐term outcome correlates of sexual
experiences in early childhood (“sex play”). Two hundred children participated in the UCLA …

This article illustrates the construction of a new model of adolescent sexual health, one that
addresses the complex relationships between gender and adolescent sexuality. A review of …

Background: Despite awareness of the need to design developmentally appropriate sexual
risk reduction interventions for adolescents, limited information exists to identify the aspects …

OBJECTIVE: To study whether behavioral and emotional problems during childhood
predicted early sexual debut, risky sex at age 21 years, and sexually transmitted infections …

The complexity of adolescents' dating and sexual lives is not easily operationalized with
simple indicators of dating or sexual activity. While building on prior work that emphasizes …

PURPOSE: Sexual health refers a state of lifespan well-being related to sexuality. Among
young people, sexual health has multiple dimensions, including the positive developmental …