In this commentary on Ashdown, Hackathorn, and Clark (2011), I highlight several key findings and methodological strengths, while also recontextualizing those findings. In particular, the topic of sexual satisfaction represents one logical “goal” of sexual development. The results indicate the factors influencing women’s and men’s sexual satisfaction are much more similar than different. They a...

Sexual Assault (SA) is a major public health and pervasive social problem that transcends socio-cultural bounds; with myriad bio-psychosocial effects on victims/survivors and the wider community. Indeed, survivors of SA suffer the effects of assault for a lifetime. A key aspect for practitioners working with individuals, families and communities affected by SA is to understand the background, n...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prospective associations of physical activity behaviors and screen time with early sexual intercourse initiation (i.e., before 15 years) in a large sample of adolescents. METHODS We used two waves of data from the Rotterdam Youth Monitor, a longitudinal study conducted in the Netherlands. The analysis sample consisted of 2,141 adolescents aged 12 to 14 years (mean age...

This study examined how levels of sexually explicit material (SEM) use during adolescence and young adulthood were associated with sexual preferences, sexual behaviors, and sexual and relationship satisfaction. Participants included 782 heterosexual college students (326 men and 456 women; M(age) = 19.9) who completed a questionnaire online. Results revealed high frequencies and multiple types ...

Introduction The biopsychosocial paradigm recognizes that sexual development and sexual difficulties may have multifactorial etiologies related to physical, psychological, and social factors. While physical and psychological factors are acknowledged and identified, the influence of social factors often receive less attention in clinical settings. Aim This study aims to determine how social, cul...

Emerging evidence indicates that the mechanisms that create health (or ill health) at the population level exist at the intersection between the individual and more "upstream" forces that shape our social contexts. To investigate this proposition, we collected detailed descriptions of youth's perceptions about the socio-cultural and other structural aspects of their contexts that shape their se...

Two paradigms have shaped how U.S. policy makers, health professionals, and educators have approached teenage sexuality over the past several decades. The first is the abstinence-onlyuntil-marriage paradigm, according to which sex outside of heterosexual marriage is always wrong and harmful (Santelli et al., 2006). The second is the sex-as-risk paradigm, which defines adolescent sexuality in te...

Perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) youth are surviving into adolescence and young adulthood. Understanding the sexual development of PHIV+ youth is vital to providing them with developmentally appropriate HIV-prevention programs. Using pooled data (N = 417) from two longitudinal studies focused on HIV among youth (51% female; 39% HIV+) and their caregivers (92% female; 46% HIV+), the rate of sexu...

background: youth’s sexual behaviors have various consequences such as unwanted pregnancy, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted infections. little information is available about the impact of mass media in the development of premarital sexual relationships. this study aimed to explore the role of mass media on premarital sexual relationships among iranian youth. methods: ...