As the 1990s begin, research and policy interest in adolescent sexual behavior, pregnancy,
and parenting continues at a high level, both because these behaviors are critical in the …

Objective Knowledge of sexual behavior in the United States is necessary for 1) directing
risk-reduction interventions aimed at preventing transmission of human immunodeficiency …

Examines modern theoretical interpretations of social change in relation to young people
and provides an overview of their experiences in a number of key contexts such as …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

This paper calls attention to the impact of masculinity ideology, an aspect of gender‐related
attitudes, on adolescent males' heterosexual relationships. Previous approaches to the male …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between sexual orientation and suicide
risk in a population-based sample of adolescents. METHODS: Participants were selected …

Background Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is usually transmitted sexually
and can cause recurrent, painful genital ulcers. In neonates the infection is potentially lethal …

This volume [focuses] on the passionate beginnings of relationships,: how people meet,
mate, fall in love, make love, and fall out of love, usually only to risk it all over again. We plan …

Objective. This study was designed to assess the relation of exclusive breast-feeding,
independent of recognized risk factors, to acute and recurrent otitis media in the first 12 …

This article will highlight some of the special challenges that confront the 1990s inter
collegiate student-athlete. Ways in which student-athletes respond differentially to these …