A closer look at adolescent sexual activity

Personal Control, Self-Efficacy in Sexual Negotiation, and Contraceptive Risk among Adolescents: The Role of Gender

“…However, the meaning of sexual intercourse may not be the same for boys and girls. Adolescent girls report significantly less satisfaction with their first sexual experience than do boys (Thomson & Holland, 1998), and they are more likely to regret initiating sexual intercourse (De Gaston, Jensen, & Weed, 1995). What is the source of the regret and dissatisfaction often experienced by adolescent girls?…”

Teenage sex, drugs and alcohol use: problems identifying the cause of risky behaviors

“…1 See Harvey and Beckman (1986); Yamaguchi and Kandel (1987); Mott and Haurin (1988); Elliot and Morse (1989); Kandel (1989); Biglan et al (1990); Ensminger (1990); Hingson et al (1990); Leigh (1990); Rosenbaum and Kandel (1990); Gold et al (1991; ; Orr et al (1991); Shafer and Boyer (1991); Mensch and Kandel (1992); Strunin and Hingson (1992); Leigh (1993); Leigh and Stall (1993); Shafer et al (1993);Cooper et al (1994);Laumann et al (1994); Lowry et al (1994); Senf and Price (1994); Donovan and McEwan (1995);de Gaston et al (1995); Graves and Leigh (1995); Harvey and Spigner (1995); Fergusson and Lynskey (1996);Fortenberry et al (1997);Jakobsten et al (1997); Kaestner (1997Kaestner ( , 1998; and Kowalski-Jones and Mott (1998). This list excludes studies that describe sexual behavior among specific groups of substance abusers such as alcoholics and intravenous drug users.…”

TeenSTAR: una opción de madurez y libertad: Programa de educación integral de la sexualidad, orientado a adolescentes

“…El cuestionario utilizado fue confeccionado y validado por el doctor Stan Weed en el «Institute of Research and Evaluation», en Salt Lake City, Estados Unidos [13][14][15][16] . Se utilizaron dos pruebas estadísticas de homogeneidad para confirmar que la tasa de respuestas obtenidas en el grupo programa, con la tasa de respuestas obtenidas en el grupo control son homogéneas (test de homogeneidad p >0,05).…”