ArticleJournal of adolescence2021
Changes in psychological distress after first vaginal intercourse in late adolescence.
Article in Journal of adolescence, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Longitudinal Associations Between Early Noncoital Sexual and Romantic Behaviors and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- Positive, Negative, or Mixed Feelings? A Person-Centered Approach to Consequences of First Penile-Vaginal Intercourse in College Students.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Patterns of relationship and sexual behaviors in Mexican adolescents and associations with well-being: A latent class approach.Journal of adolescence · 2015Article
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introductionAlthough early sexual intercourse may be associated with increased depressive symptoms, little research has examined whether first intercourse in late adolescence is associated with changes in mental health.
methodsThis paper uses 3 years of longitudinal data from previously sexually abstinent late adolescent students at a large state university in the northeastern United States (N = 144, 53.5% male, M age = 18.5 years old, 47.2% White, 26.4% Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 20.1% Hispanic/Latino, 18.1% Black/African American) to examine whether levels of psychological distress changed after first intercourse.
resultsStudents' distress decreased after first intercourse, although this effect was only significant two or more semesters after first intercourse. There were no gender differences in these associations.
conclusionsFindings suggest first intercourse was, on average, associated with decreased psychological distress for both male and female late adolescents.
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