Sexual Practices During Adolescence

Proactive parenting practices during early adolescence: a cluster approach.

The purpose of the current study was to explore clusters of proactive parenting practices, and how they might vary as a function of parental demographics, the quality of the parent-child relationship, and the traits and behaviors of the adolescent child. Data were taken from the Flourishing Families Project, which includes 500 families with an early adolescent child (M age = 11.49). Findings su...

Sexual dimorphism of brain developmental trajectories during childhood and adolescence.

Human total brain size is consistently reported to be approximately 8-10% larger in males, although consensus on regionally specific differences is weak. Here, in the largest longitudinal pediatric neuroimaging study reported to date (829 scans from 387 subjects, ages 3 to 27 years), we demonstrate the importance of examining size-by-age trajectories of brain development rather than group avera...

Sexual Activity in Adolescence

[Sexual and reproductive rights in adolescence].

OBJECTIVE To present legal milestones to ensure the Brazilian adolescent autonomy indealing with their sexual and reproductive health. METHODS Literature review of national legislation published on the official sites of governmental organs (Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education) and Class Associations (Federal Council of Medicine [Conselho Federal de Medicina--CFM] and the Federal Coun...

Sibling relationships during adolescence

The principal objective of this study was to analyse sibling relationships during adolescence, within the context of parent and peer relationships, and their link with socioemotional adjustment. To this end, 513 adolescents aged between 13 and 19 completed instruments relating to parent – child relationships, sibling adjustment, relationships with peers, self-esteem and life satisfaction. We fo...