CONTEXT Considerable research has examined reciprocal relationships between parenting, peers and adolescent problem behavior; however, such studies have largely considered the influence of peers and parents separately. It is important to examine simultaneously the relationships between parental monitoring, peer risk involvement and adolescent sexual risk behavior, and whether increases in peer ...

abstract background: sexual behaviors of adolescents and youth are categorized as one of the main health priorities of a society because of high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired  immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv/aids), sexually transmitted infections (stis), and unwanted pregnancies. family is an important environment that is associated with a range of social and emotional beha...

the main disorder are due to sex chromosomal aberration comprising 2644(82.5%), cases ranging from 1211  klinefelter followed by 1025 turner  syndrome, 345 triple x, 49 double y and 14 cases of xx male. the second group consists 116 cases of gonadal dysgenesis bearing 0.042 risk of malignant transformation for xy gonadal dysgenesis. the 3rd group is hormonal defects consisting 29 cases of conge...

Many African-American teenaged girls are reading urban literature. This genre of literature is known for its gritty portrayal of urban life and has themes of violence, promiscuity, substance abuse and misogyny. Although research has demonstrated that the portrayal of sex and violence in the media are influential on adolescent sexual behavior, to date there has been little research on the influe...

Sexual assault generates much attention in social research, but male victims are largely neglected by a predominantly feminist perspective that seeks to highlight the gendered nature of sexual assault as a social phenomenon. As a result there is a relative lack of empirical information on male rape; but it is possible to chart the theoretical development of male rape as a social problem as it e...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive condition of women of reproductive age. It is strongly associated with significant impairment of sexual function. AIM To objectively evaluate the impact of laparoscopic excision of endometriosis on sexual function in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) compared to healthy women. SETTING AND DESIGN Prospective study, inclu...

Sexual dysfunction is common in hypertensive men and often is first reported by patients while receiving hypotensive therapy, leading to a widespread belief by patients and physicians that the sexual dysfunction is caused by a specific antihypertensive medication. However, it is unclear from the literature whether this problem is related to hypertension or to its therapy. Further, whether the e...

Urinary incontinence during intercourse occurs in 10-56% of women suffering from urinary incontinence. Many strategies are used to cope with this problem. We investigated the impact of urinary incontinence during intercourse on the sexual life of 186 women suffering from stress urinary incontinence. Urinary leakage during sexual intercourse was reported by 140 women (75.27%). Changes in sexual ...

PURPOSE To examine the relation between "sexting" (sending and sharing sexual photos online, via text messaging, and in person) with sexual risk behaviors and psychosocial challenge in adolescence. METHODS Data were collected online between 2010 and 2011 with 3,715 randomly selected 13- to 18-year-old youth across the United States. RESULTS Seven percent of youth reported sending or showing...