Purpose Decades of research have examined the impact of exposure to nonexplicit
portrayals of sexual content in media. There is only one meta-analysis on this topic, which …

Objective Behavioral intervention programs to reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors have
shown statistically significant reductions in the short-term; however, longer-term follow-up …

Background Adolescent pregnancy remains a major challenge in both developed and
developing countries. Early and unintended pregnancies among adolescents are …

Métodos: se realizó un estudio de intervención educativa para modificar los criterios sobre
el embarazo y sus riesgos en adolescentes embarazadas atendidas en el Policlínico" Arturo …

We analyzed cross-sectional data collected from a US nationally representative survey of
individuals ages 14–24 years old on what sources of information from the past year they …

This study was designed to investigate whether adolescents' exposure to a sexualized
media environment is associated with stronger beliefs that women are sex objects. More …

Abstract “Hookups,” sexual interactions between partners who do not expect a romantic
commitment, are believed to be common among adolescents and young adults. Most …

Socialization is a process across the life span through which individuals acquire and interact
with values and social standards of a specific society and culture. Media are considered a …

Media may function as sex educators for adolescents; unfortunately, media messages often
glamorize risky sexual behaviors and unhealthy relationships and neglect sexual health …

In this study exposure to and preferences for three important youth media (TV, music
styles/music TV, internet) were examined in relation to adolescents' permissive sexual …