Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

The Prevention Researcher, Volume 16, Number 4, 2009, Item# 164

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Adolescent sexuality and sexual behavior are normal aspects of human development as teens become increasingly interested in learning about and experimenting with their sexuality. However, most information regarding adolescent sexuality focuses on potential negative outcomes, such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. This issue steps back from these topics and broadens our perspective to look at sexuality as a whole.

We begin the issue with an overview of adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviors. Then we examine the influence parents have on these attitudes and behaviors and how practitioners can work with parents to promote healthy sexuality. In considering exterior influences on adolescents, we also explore the ways media, both traditional and new (digital), can affect sexual attitudes. Finally, we include in our discussion an often overlooked population: teens with moderate disabilities. We explore why they often lack knowledge about sexual matters, as well as how practitioners can help close this information gap.

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Articles in this issue:

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Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors: A Developmental Perspective

By Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D., and Yana Reznik

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Sex, Sexuality, Sexting, and SexEd: Adolescents and the Media

By Jane D. Brown, Ph.D., Sarah Keller, Ph.D., and Susannah Stern, Ph.D.

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Sexuality Among Adolescents with Moderate Disabilities: Promoting Positive Sexual Development

By Dana L. Harader, Ph.D., Harry Fullwood, Ph.D., and Melissa Hawthorne, M.S.

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Working with Parents to Promote Healthy Adolescent Sexual Development

By Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Ph.D., LCSW, and Alida Bouris, Ph.D., MSW

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