Sexual self-concept and sexual self-efficacy in adolescents: A possible clue to promoting sexual health?

SS Rostosky, O Dekhtyar, PK Cupp… - Journal of sex …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the associations between sexual self-concept (sexual esteem and
sexual anxiety) and sexual self-efficacy (situational and resistive) in a sample of 388 high …

Young women's sexual adjustment: The role of sexual self-schema, sexual self-efficacy, sexual aversion and body attitudes

ED Reissing, GM Laliberté… - The Canadian journal of …, 2005 - search.proquest.com
Recent epidemiological studies have revealed high prevalence rates for sexual dysfunction
among young women. This study investigated the role of sexual self-schema, sexual …

Sexual esteem in emerging adulthood: Associations with sexual behavior, contraception use, and romantic relationships

MK Maas, ES Lefkowitz - The Journal of Sex Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Sexual esteem is an integral psychological aspect of sexual health (Snell & Papini,), yet it is
unclear whether sexual esteem is associated with sexual health behavior among …

Adolescent self‐efficacy, self‐esteem and sexual risk‐taking

D Rosenthal, S Moore, I Flynn - Journal of community & …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the sexual self‐efficacy and sexual self‐esteem of males and
females and the relation between sexual risk‐taking and these self‐perceptions. Sexually …

A sex-positive framework for research on adolescent sexuality

KP Harden - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

The developmental association of sexual self-concept with sexual behavior among adolescent women

DJ Hensel, JD Fortenberry, LF O'Sullivan, DP Orr - Journal of adolescence, 2011 - Elsevier
Developing a sexual self-concept is an important developmental task of adolescence;
however, little empirical evidence describes this development, nor how these changes are …

Self-esteem, emotional distress and sexual behavior among adolescent females: Inter-relationships and temporal effects

KA Ethier, TS Kershaw, JB Lewis, S Milan… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The current analyses attempt to clarify the relationship between psychological
factors and sexual behavior. We test a model examining relationships between sexual …

The development of the sexual self-concept inventory for early adolescent girls

LF O'Sullivan, HFL Meyer-Bahlburg… - … of Women Quarterly, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The Sexual Self-Concept Inventory (SSCI) was developed to assess sexual self-concept in
an ethnically diverse sample of urban early adolescent girls. Three scales (Sexual …

Associations of sexual subjectivity with global and sexual well-being: A new measure for young males and comparison to females

MJ Zimmer-Gembeck, J French - Archives of sexual behavior, 2016 - Springer
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 …

A prospective study of young females' sexual subjectivity: Associations with age, sexual behavior, and dating

MJ Zimmer-Gembeck, WH Ducat… - Archives of sexual …, 2011 - Springer
Sexual self-perceptions are important aspects of sexuality, which can undergo significant
change during adolescence and early adulthood. The purpose of this study was to describe …