The role of feelings of intimacy on perceptions of risk for a sexually transmitted disease and condom use in the sexual relationships of adolescent African–American …

PA Matson, S Chung, P Sander, SG Millstein… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2012 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives A core construct targeted by behavioural interventions is the perception that one
is at risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The objective of this analysis …

Risky sexual behavior among arrested adolescent males: The role of future expectations and impulse control

A Knowles, JK Rinehart, L Steinberg… - Journal of Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The current study evaluates two predictors of adolescent sexual risk‐taking, specifically
whether impulse control or future expectations predict condom use and casual sex. We …

Competing priorities: Partner-specific relationship characteristics and motives for condom use among at-risk young adults

SM Harvey, I Washburn, L Oakley… - The Journal of Sex …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Condoms protect against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy and are essential to sexual health efforts …

The dynamics of intimate relationships and violent victimization among young women

Y Kusunoki, K Bevilacqua… - Journal of interpersonal …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the fact that intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs within intimate relationships, we
know relatively little about the characteristics of those intimate relationships, and even less …

Latina adolescents' perceptions of their male partners' influences on childbearing: findings from a qualitative study in California

SL Schwartz, CD Brindis, LJ Ralph… - Culture, health & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Teenage births among Latina women living in the USA remain higher than any other
racial/ethnic group. This study explored the role that male partners play in the occurrence of …

Methamphetamine use and high-risk sexual behaviors among incarcerated female adolescents with a diagnosed STD

JK Steinberg, CE Grella, MR Boudov, PR Kerndt… - Journal of Urban …, 2011 - Springer
Juvenile detention settings provide an important venue for addressing the health-related
needs of adolescent populations, who often have high rates of sexually transmitted diseases …

Contraceptive use and pregnancies in adolescents' romantic relationships: role of relationship activities and parental attitudes and communication

A Amialchuk, L Gerhardinger - Journal of Developmental & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: In a unified framework, the authors estimate whether romantic relationship
activities and parental attitudes predict contraception use and consistency, and whether …

Condom use motivations and selected behaviours with new versus established sex partners

RA Crosby, RR Milhausen, CA Graham… - Sexual …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Objective To compare condom use motives and behaviours in the context of penile–vaginal
intercourse (PVI) with new versus established sexual partners, using daily event-level data …

Unpacking the practice of ukujola in contemporary South Africa: understanding informal/casual sexual relations of young African adults in the context of HIV and AIDS

T Mgwaba, P Maharaj - African Journal of AIDS Research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
HIV and AIDS continue to pose a global health and development challenge, particularly in
sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in …

Sexual concurrency and contraceptive use among young adult women

A Weitzman, J Barber, Y Kusunoki - Demography, 2019 - read.dukeupress.edu
Leveraging 2.5 years of weekly data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life Study,
we investigate the relationship between young women's sexual concurrency and their …