To review research examining the influence of “connectedness” on adolescent sexual and
reproductive health (ASRH). Connectedness, or bonding, refers to the emotional attachment …

La presente revisión bibliográfica actualiza evidencia en torno a la violencia de pareja en
relaciones de noviazgo, mostrándolo como un fenómeno particular, enfatizando aspectos …

Objective: Condom use is critical for the health of sexually active adolescents, and yet many
adolescents fail to use condoms consistently. One interpersonal factor that may be key to …

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: Young adults have high rates of unintended childbearing and STDs, yet little
research has examined the role of relationship characteristics in their contraceptive use …

By using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine how
adolescent relationship characteristics, partner attributes, and sexual relationship histories …

Objectives To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among
sexually active adolescents. Design A cross-national cross-sectional survey. Setting Data …

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 …

Sexual behavior is not only of basic biological importance, but of central social importance.
Not only does it perpetuate the human species, but it is the central behavior around which …

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is common among young adult relationships,
and is associated with significant morbidity, including sexually transmitted infections (STI) …