Adolescent sexual development is informed by individual, relational, generational,
institutional, and cultural perspectives. Families matter: they are the social institution at the …

Abstract organize key findings [on adolescent sexual behaviors] from the literature over the
past 2 decades/this will involve making a clear distinction between trends in social …

An epigenetic developmental model was employed in focusing on experiential variables
assumed to be antecedent to child, adolescent, and college‐age sexual behavior …

Growing up in single‐parent, step‐, cohabiting, or lesbian families has been suggested to
have negative effects on adolescent sexual behavior. However, our analysis reveals that …

Sexual health communication in adolescence is important for sexual well-being. With limited
empirical work utilizing longitudinal methodologies, this study aimed to investigate how the …

Adolescence is a period marked by several important transitions. There is the transition out
of the role of economically dependent child and into an adult occupational role, or at least …

Addresses theory underlying empirical research into female adolescent sexuality and sexual
behavior. Three major assumptions underlying the majority of empirical research on …

This chapter presents a theoretical framework that incorporates eight significant factors that
have been associated with adolescent sexuality and sexual behaviors. Specifically, we …

Context: Adolescent sexual behavior is typically studied as a dichotomy: Adolescents have
had sex or they have not. Broadening this view would lead to a greater understanding of …

In a study, 90 adolescents and 73 mothers were asked to define in their own words seven
terms related to sexual development in order to examine mother and adolescent knowledge …