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A large random sample of reported child maltreatment incidents are analyzed in terms of the research question: Is there a higher incidence of maltreatment by women who were adolescent mothers than by older mothers? Results from the official records studied indicate similar dynamic variables reported for both groups of mothers. The nature and limitations of the data are discussed, and implications and suggestions for further research are presented.

Viewed from a developmental perspective, adolescent male sexuality is the time of transition from childhood experimentation to satisfactory adult sexuality. This transition is often difficult because of misinforma tion or lack of empirically accurate information about sexuality, cultural expectations of masculinity defined by gender roles, and differential parental and peer socialization of males from infancy through adoles cence. The quest for adult masculinity and sexuality for adolescent males is further complicated by a social context that exaggerates fears of femin ity and homophobia and that overlooks their sexual behavior in the areas of adolescent fatherhood and adolescent sexual offenders.

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