Sexual communication between adolescent partners is an important component of sexual
health and wellbeing. Over 40 years of research on adolescent sexual communication has …

In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become
increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and …

Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last
three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these …

This study assessed early adolescents' sexual communication with dating partners, parents,
and best friends about six sexual health topics: condoms, birth control, sexually transmitted …

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 …

Aim The aim of this study was to synthesize the qualitative evidence investigating
adolescents' views on heterosexual readiness. Background Adolescents' understandings of …

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 …

Family communication patterns theory proposes two dimensions of family communication—
conversation orientation and conformity orientation—that can impact adolescent decision …

PURPOSE: To incorporate a behavioral model of health services utilization to examine
whether male adolescents' family, individual, sex education, and partner factors are …

Parents can significantly impact their adolescent child's sexual and relationship decision-
making, yet many parents are not effectively communicating with their teens about these …