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

Purpose This paper describes the origins and application of a theory, the social
development model (SDM), that seeks to explain causal processes that lead to the …

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 …

El objetivo del estudio fue estudiar la consistencia interna y dimensionalidad de la Escala
de Rosenberg para Autoestima, ERA (Rosenberg, 1989) en estudiantes de secundaria de …

Drawing on the best scholarship and their own years of professional experience, Stephen F.
Duncan and H. Wallace Goddard provide a practical, how-to guide to developing …

The present study was designed to examine the association of positive youth development
with the likelihood of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hard drug, and sex initiation between 5th …

Although deficits in working memory ability have been implicated in suboptimal decision
making and risk taking among adolescents, its influence on early sexual initiation has so far …

The goal of this research was to analyze the significance of sex education in schools and
what are its effects in promoting healthy sexual behaviour among university students. The …

Abstract Although Hong Kong is considered to be a relatively westernized Chinese society,
sex remains to be a subject that is rarely discussed openly. This article provided a brief …

PURPOSE:: To examine the associations between three key developmental assets and an
aspect of sexual health, sexual enjoyment, which has rarely been studied in young adults …