ArticleJournal of sex research2014
Sexual communication between early adolescents and their dating partners, parents, and best friends.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescent Safer Sex Behavior: A Meta-Analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2016Pooled it
- Adolescent sexual health communication and condom use: a meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2014Pooled it
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- The Measurement of Female Early Adolescent Sexual Desire.Journal of sex research · 2022Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of a web-based HIV/STD prevention program for adolescent girls targeting sexual communication skills.Health education research · 2017Trial
- Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations Between In-Person and Online Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Subjectivity in Heterosexual, Cisgender, and Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Association between Chinese youth's sources of sexual knowledge and sexual and reproductive health: a mediation analysis of sexual knowledge level.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Article
- What Adolescents Want to Know About Sex and Relationships: A Thematic Analysis of Adolescents' Questions.American journal of sexuality education · 2025Article
- Digital Sexual Communication Among Adolescents: Links with Sociosexual Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Distress.Media psychology · 2025Article
- Adolescent Barriers to Sexual Communication with Their Parents: Differences by Sexual and Gender Identity.Journal of sex research · 2025Article
- Orgasm and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: Differences Across Genders and Dyad Configurations.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Learning About Sex from Different Sources: Implications for Sexual Attitudes, Sexual Knowledge, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among U.S. College Students.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a Comprehensive School-Based Sex Education Program for Young Adolescents in the Netherlands.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Evaluating a youth-designed sexual and reproductive health mass and social media campaign in Côte d'Ivoire: triangulation of three independent evaluations.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
- The Impact of Parent-Adolescent Communication on Reduction of Sexual Risk Possibility Among Adolescents: Findings from the Suubi-Maka Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- A longitudinal assessment of adolescents' sexual communication with parents, best friends, and dating partners.Developmental psychology · 2023Article
- "Keep Talking to Me": College-Attending Women's Desires for Support from Mothers, Fathers, and Friends/Peers in Healthy Sexual Decision-Making.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- "I wish I actually had known what the heck sex was:" What adolescent sexual minority males knew and wish they knew prior to sexual debut with a male partner.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Parents' perspectives on talk with their adolescent and emerging adult children about sex: A longitudinal analysis.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Barriers experienced by emerging adults in discussing their sexuality with parents and health care providers: A mixed-method study.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study assessed early adolescents' sexual communication with dating partners, parents, and best friends about six sexual health topics: condoms, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), pregnancy, and abstinence/waiting. Using a school-based sample of 603 youth (ages 12 to 15; 57% female; 46% Caucasian), we examined communication differences across demographic and developmental factors, tested whether communication with parents and best friends was associated with greater communication with partners, and examined associations between communication and condom use. More than half of participants had not discussed any sexual topics with their dating partners (54%), and many had not communicated with parents (29%) or best friends (25%). On average, communication was more frequent among adolescents who were female, African American, older, and sexually active, despite some variation in subgroups across partner, parent, and friend communication. Importantly, communication with parents and friends--and the interaction between parent and friend communication--was associated with increased communication with dating partners. Further, among sexually active youth, increased sexual communication with partners was associated with more frequent condom use. Results highlight the importance of understanding the broader family and peer context surrounding adolescent sexual decision making and suggest a possible need to tailor sexual communication interventions.
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