ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2016
Oral vs. Vaginal Sex Experiences and Consequences Among First-Year College Students.
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Reported oral and anal sex among adolescents and adults reporting heterosexual sex in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2019Pooled it
- 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
- Beyond the Morning After: Measuring Positive and Negative Psychosocial Consequences of Sexual Encounters in Early Adulthood.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Pathways From Individual Characteristics to Subjective Consequences of Sex: The Mediating Role of Risky Sexual Encounters.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2023Article
- Initial Engagement in Oral Sex and Sexual Intercourse Among Adolescent Girls With and Without Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Changes in Diverse Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviors Across College.Journal of sex research · 2019Article
- A National Dyadic Study of Oral Sex, Relationship Quality, and Well-Being among Older Couples.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2019Article
- Latent classes of sexual behaviors: Prevalence, predictors, and consequences.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2017Article
- U.S. College Students' Sexual Risk Behaviors Before and During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of sex researchArticle
- Youths' Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Risks Associated With Unprotected Oral Sex.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
To fully understand late adolescents' experiences of oral sex, we must consider both risk and normative developmental perspectives. Sexual experiences include a range of behaviors, but research on sexual behaviors and consequences focuses primarily on vaginal sex. Oral sex occurs at rates similar to vaginal sex, and carries some, though less, risk than vaginal sex. The current study examined the event-level prevalence and consequences of oral sex compared to vaginal sex with other-sex partners in first-year college students. Daily data were from recently sexually active first-year college students (N = 253 people, 834 days; M age, 18.4 years; SD = 0.4; 56% female; 31% Hispanic/Latino; 17% African American, 14% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 25% European American, 12% multiracial) who reported on sexual behaviors and consequences. Both positive (intimacy, physical satisfaction) and negative (worrying about health, guilt) consequences were less common for oral than vaginal sex. Gender differences suggested that female adolescents may find vaginal sex more rewarding than oral sex, whereas male adolescents may find them equally rewarding.
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