No Irish Need Deny: Evidence for the Historicity of NINA Restrictions in Advertisements and Signs: Appendix.

The Impact of Social Environment on the Sexual Self-Regulation of University Students in Uganda

“…In cultures worldwide, adolescents' onset is closely synchronized with the hormonal changes in puberty (Fried, 2015). Today, in the most technologically sophisticated nations, puberty, on average, starts two years earlier than it did a century ago, and the transition to maturity will take ten years or longer.…”

“…First, it provides ample opportunities for adolescents to engage in behaviors that adults might disapprove of or prohibit if they were present. These include behaviors that must be appealing to adolescents', such as alcohol use and sexual intercourse linked to adulthood, maturity, and independence, yet is also health-compromising (Fried, 2015;Noviva & Wahyono, 2020). The developmental need of adolescents for independence and their desire to attain adult status and maturity provide an incentive for them to engage in what they see as adult behaviors.…”

“…More significant unsupervised time may prematurely grant both independence and emotional emancipation from the family. In the other hand, a prolonged positive atmosphere for adolescents, with incremental moves towards autonomy, tends to improve the health behavior of adolescents (Fried, 2015).…”