In this article, I propose a sex-positive framework for research on adolescent sexuality in
which I consider consensual sexual activities in adolescence as developmentally normative …

Although research has increasingly emphasized how adolescent sexual behavior may be
associated with aspects of health beyond unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted …

Youth sexuality has been primarily studied with a focus on its potential public health issues,
such as sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies, and its comorbidity with …

This review details a key innovation across the field of adolescent sexuality research over
the last decade—conceptualizing sexuality as a normative aspect of adolescent …

Two paradigms have shaped how US policy makers, health professionals, and educators
have approached teenage sexuality over the past several decades. The first is the …

Objective: To review research on emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels of sexual
development in children and adolescents, and, based on that, to propose a model of sexual …

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 …

PURPOSE: Although sexual risk behavior has negative consequences in adolescence and
early adulthood, little is known about pathways of sexual risk across development and their …

The majority of teens are having sex, however, we know little about sex that occurs outside
the traditional dating context and the factors associated with these non-romantic sexual …

Sexual subjectivity refers to multiple aspects of sexual self-perceptions, including sexual
body-esteem, perceptions of efficacy and entitlement to sexual desire and pleasure, and …