“…Findings from sixteen qualitative studies (Gilmore et al 1996, Coleman & Ingham 1999, Smith et al 2003, Allen 2004Andrinopoulos et al 2006, Hyde et al 2008a,b, 2009, Suvivuo et al 2010, Barrientos Delgado & Silva Segovia 2014, Lesch & Furphy 2013, Chang et al 2014, Hartley et al 2014, Laborde et al 2014, Volpe et al 2014, Bell et al 2015 are included in the review. Various aspects of adolescents' readiness for sex were examined, for example, some studies investigated sexual values, decision-making and motivations for initiating sex, others focused on partner selection and communication.…”