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Title: Adolescent Sexual Behavior


1
Adolescent Sexual Behavior
  • Melissa A. Thomas
  • Adolescent Risk Taking (Psych 4900)
  • Weber State University

2
INTRODUCTION
  • Oral Sex Among Adolescents
  • Oral sex plays an important role in the sexual
    lives of adolescents
  • One in five adolescents does not know that STD
    transmission can occur through oral sex
  • Seen as a form of pregnancy prevention
  • Motivations For Sex
  • What motivates adolescents to have sex
  • Perceived benefits of sexual activity
  • The pressures that adolescents feel.
  • Decisions regarding sexual activity
  • Three in five adolescents say that while delaying
    sex may be a nice idea, nobody really does.
  • Partners Reputation
  • Past sexual history

3
Halpern-Felsher, Cornell, Kropp and Tschann (2005)
  • Oral Versus Vaginal Sex Among Adolescents
    Perceptions, Attitudes and Behavior
  • 580 ethnically diverse ninth-graders participated
  • Self-administered questionnaires
  • Investigated attitudes towards oral and vaginal
    sex
  • Adolescents believe that oral sex is more
    acceptable than vaginal sex
  • Perceived fewer health, social and emotional
    risks for oral sex compared with vaginal sex
  • Statistics show that a greater number of
    adolescents engage in oral sex than vaginal sex
    and at a younger age

4
Ott, Millstein, Ofner and Halpern-Felsher (2006)
  • Adolescents Positive Motivations for sex
  • 637 ethnically diverse ninth-graders participated
  • Self administered survey
  • Asked about their relationship goals, and to what
    extent sex would satisfy these goals
  • Adolescents view intimacy, sexual pleasure and
    social status as important relationship goals
  • These relationship goals differed by gender and
    sexual experience
  • Females valued intimacy significantly more and
    sexual pleasure less than males

5
Michels, Kropp, Eyre and Halpern-Felsher (2005)
  • How Do Adolescents Make Decisions Regarding
    Sexual Activity
  • 42 mostly white ninth graders participated
  • In depth interviews
  • Behavioral accounts provided information about
    understanding and motivation
  • Analysis revealed an overarching model of
    decision making process for initiating sexual
    activity

6
CONCLUSION
  • There is much more yet to be known about sexual
    behavior of todays adolescents
  • Two-thirds of high school seniors have had sex
  • HIV,STD and Pregnancy are still a big concern
  • Limited to young adolescent ninth graders
  • The first two papers used self administered
    questionnaires or surveys
  • Due to the sensitive nature of the topic where
    the answers a true representation of the issue
  • Would A Change In Prevention Programs Decrease
    STD/HIV and Pregnancy?
  • Programs should address the risks of sexual
    activity in regard to what motivates sexual
    activity, the decision making process and broaden
    their material to include education about other
    forms of sex such as oral sex

7
REFERENCES
  • Halpern-Felsher, Cornell, Kropp and Tschann
    (2005)
  • Oral Versus Vaginal Sex Among Adolescents
    Perceptions, Attitudes and Behavior.
  • Pediatrics, 115, 845-851
  • Ott, Millstein, Ofner and Halpern-Felsher (2006)
  • Greater Expectations Adolescents positive
    Motivations for Sex.
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health,
    38, 84-89
  • Michels, Kropp, Eyre and Halpern-Felsher (2005)
  • Initiating Sexual Experiences How Do Young
    Adolescents Make Decisions Regarding Early Sexual
    Activity?
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15, 583-607
  • Additional Information was Provided By The Henry
    J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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