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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"sexual debut"”.
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Utilizing Social Norms Theory to Delay the Sexual Debut of Early Adolescents: An Intervention Strategy
… UTILIZING SOCIAL NORMS THEORY TO DELAY THE SEXUAL DEBUT OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS: AN INTERVENTION STRATEGY Anna M. Gerard, MSW, LCSW Dr. Jeffrey Applegate, Ph.D. Background and Significance: Numerous programs have been developed in the last twenty years aimed at reducing the prevalence and …
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Achieving autonomy through early sexual debut: contribution of parenting style and the subsequent development of depression
… constructs were tested as predictors of early sexual debut and young adult depression in a longitudinal study of 4610 adolescents initially surveyed between the ages of 13 and 17-years-old. Three models were tested for both males and females in three distinct age groups; 13-14, 15-16 and 17-19 …
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Determinants of voluntary or coerced sexual debut among Black African female adolescents in Soweto, South Africa: Findings from The Birth to Twenty Plus cohort study
Early sexual debut whether voluntary or coerced increases exposure to high risk sex which leads to unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections including HIV and reproductive heal th problems during adolescence. This study aim s to examine the risk factors for age of sexual debut, either …
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Sex talk: Factors that influence parent-child communication about sex
<p>Between 50 and 70% of young people are first sexually active between the ages of 15 and 17, and almost 90% by age 18. This early sexual debut puts adolescents at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy if they are uneducated about safe sex. For this reason, it is …
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A cross sectional study to examine the association between perceived household educational support and HIV risk in adolescent females in a rural South African community
… reduce HIV risk, teenage pregnancy and risky sexual behaviours (encouraging condom use and delayed sexual debut). This study aims to build on this research considering household interest in education as an additional factor which might reduce HIV risk in adolescent females. Specifically this …
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Factors that influence adolescents condom use decision-making in the Western Cape, South Africa
… adolescent’s condom use decision-making, sexual debut and the role that emotion plays in the decision-making process were frequently discussed. The themes which emerged for sexual debut included relationships were about displaying true love which was equated with having sex and respecting …
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Multivariate statistical modelling of family formation processes among women in Namibia
… including child-bearing patterns, age at sexual debut and first marriage, and marital status over the years. While there have been numerous studies in demographic processes in specific populations, very few studies have focused on family formation processes, and little or no quantitative …
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Sex Partners: Exploring Growth, Change and Impact Across Development
<p>The number of sexual partners a person accumulates across their sexual history has been utilized as a marker of sexual health risk and adverse outcome risk. Yet, little is known about how individuals develop a sexual partner history, including critical times of change when individuals tend to …
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African American Father-Child Reproductive Health Communication
African-American children have their sexual debut (first voluntary penile-vaginal penetration) earlier thus are at disproportionately greater risk for more sexual partners and sexually transmitted infections. Father-child reproductive health communication was found to influence the timing of sex in …
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Predictors of condom use at first sex among South African adolescents
… Africa is through unsafe and unprotected heterosexual intercourse by not using condoms at sexual debut. Thus, there is the need to identify factors associated with condom use at first sex to inform future intervention programmes. Objective: To determine factors influencing condom use at first …
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Consider the Source : The Effects of Adult Sources of Human Immunodefciency [sic] Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Information on Teen Risk Behaviors for Sexually Transmitted Infection
<p>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), are major health problems for adolescents, who represent over 26% of new cases of STIs diagnosed annually in the United States. Half of all HIV cases in people under age 25 result from sexual transmission …
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Between love and fear - determinants of sexual behavior among Ugandan university students
… people between the ages of 15 and 24, the most sexually active period of their lives. Understanding the contextual determinants of sexual behavior in this group is crucial in combating the pandemic. Aim: The overall aim of this study was to assess the impact of demographic, religious, social …
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MATERNAL COMMUNICATION AT MENARCHE: EVALUATING DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON AGE AT FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN YOUNG ADULT WOMEN
… at menarche and its effects on early sexual decision-making in young adult women. Drawing on principles from Bandura’s social cognitive learning theory and communication privacy management theory, I predicted that certain types of maternal communication at menarche would either promote …
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An examination of psychopathy, promiscuity, and other risky sexual behavior over time
… individuals are thought to have impersonal and sexually promiscuous relationships. Despite considerable theory on this topic (Cleckley, 1941), there is little research to support this contention. To fill this gap in research, the current study sought to examine the relation between psychopathy, …
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Sociosexual Development: Infusing the Belsky, Steinberg, and Draper Model with Sexual Selection
… maturational and reproductive patterns, whereas sexual selection attempts to explain between- and within-sex differences in intersexual mate choice and intrasexual competition for members of the opposite sex. These two expansive evolutionary theories have been used by developmental scientists and …
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Predictors of Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse in Male and Female Residents of the United States
… nation. Adolescents who have their first sexual intercourse at a young age are at increased risk for teen pregnancies and acquiring a sexually transmitted disease. This study examines predictors of early onset sexual intercourse in male and female residents of the United States. Methods: A …
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The Impact of Families Matter Project on Parent-Child Communication : Case Study of Mbagala- Temeke District in Dar es Salaam Tanzania
… Project in enhancing paentchild communication on sexual related matters using a quasi-experimental study design. The project was implemented by TMARC and Health Promotion Tan-zania (HDT) focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) behavior of the adolescents and consisted of 4 communities in …
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Construction of sexualities and sexual identities among young Ndebele women
… and cultural practices that influence women's sexualities. However, we do not have sufficient knowledge about how these social and cultural practices shape the constructions of female sexualities and sexual identities within this particular context. Instead, female sexualities were …
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Insights of urban and rural female youth regarding the nature and consequences of sexual risk behaviour
… issues: teenage pregnancies, high HIV rates, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and a high number of abortions. South Africa is dealing with the repercussions of risky sexual behaviour of female youth on a daily basis and these include: youth with STDs, teenage pregnancies, HIV infection, …
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