Background: Heterosexual HIV transmission among African Americans in the rural southern
United States has climbed in recent years. Concurrent partnerships and bridge populations …

Objectives. We examined patterns of sexual behavior and risk for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) in young adulthood for Black, Hispanic, and White females. Methods. We …

Dating in adolescence plays an integral part in the development of sexual and social
identities. This process is particularly salient for sexual minority youth who face additional …

By using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine how
adolescent relationship characteristics, partner attributes, and sexual relationship histories …

Background: Intimate partner violence and other partner-related factors have been
associated with acquiring sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and engaging in risky …

We examine the relationship characteristics associated with contraceptive method choice
within young people's nonmarital sexual relationships, using data from retrospective …

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

CONTEXT: Limited research has examined the individual, family and relationship factors
that determine whether teenagers discuss contraception or STDs with their sexual partners …

In this volume, Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and
Opportunities, top scholars in the field of family research examine the nature and origin of …

Background: Sexual partnerships between people at higher and lower risk for sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)(ie, bridging) occur through dissortative mixing and concurrent …