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Predictors of sexual abstinence: A prospective study of college women in the United States
Cogent Psychology, 2017 Purpose: Using the theory of reasoned action (TRA), this research examined predictors of sexual intercourse among first- and second-year college women.
Hazel Spears +2 more
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Journal of Psychosexual HealthObjective: Sexual dysfunction amongst persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) is quite prevalent. Research about the effects of abstinence from opioids on sexual functioning is scarce.
Gurneet Kaur +2 more
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Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge upon the mesolimbic system which mediates motivation and reward behaviors. Drugs induce neural adaptations in this system, including transcriptional, morphological, and synaptic changes, which contribute to the ...
Kyle K Pitchers +6 more
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Kazan medical journal, 1904 Who among mothers and fathers and, in general, persons with a good fortune in the upbringing of the young generation, and consciously and seriously take this upbringing, did not worry and did not think when his child was approaching the period of sexual maturity or, in the language of physiologists, when the development of indivisible plant life ends ...
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مسائل کاربردی تعلیم و تربیت اسلامی, 2018 This study was undertaken to investigate the mediating role of personal values in the prediction of sexual abstinence based on mother-daughter relationship, Islamic ethics, and spiritual intelligence among high school girls in Isfahan.
Mohammad Soltanizadeh +2 more
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Sexual and Agency Norms: Effect on Young Women’s Self-Perception and Attitude Toward Sexual Consent
Behavioral SciencesBackground: The sexual double standard (SDS) governs behaviors related to sexual activity and abstinence, promoting negative evaluations of sexually assertive women.
María del Mar Sánchez-Fuentes +3 more
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Royal Studies Journal, 2019 Individual cases of sexual abstinence ascribed to medieval rulers have been discussed by scholars from various standpoints and understood as a peculiar dynastic policy, a deliberate “monastification” of rulership, or as the result of problems with an ...
Iliana Kandzha
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Indian Journal of Public HealthIn adolescence, dating behavior may escalate into sexual contact which has implications for unwanted pregnancies followed by various negative effects.
Pulung Siswantara +2 more
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Defining Virginity and Abstinence: Adolescents’ Interpretations of Sexual Behaviors [PDF]
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2007 The current study examined adolescent conceptualizations of virginity and abstinence and whether differences in adolescent definitions of these terms differed by age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual experience.A series of logistic regressions were conducted to examine whether gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual experience predicted whether adolescents ...
Melina M, Bersamin +4 more
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Critical inquest into ku songa masangu (sexual abstinence) as a gender and HIV/AIDS-related issue within African indigenous funerals – a Vatsonga perspective [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyDeath and dying as a global phenomenon have remained one of the most feared issues of human life. Mourning traditions, including taboos, prohibitions and rituals, among others, normally accompany African indigenous funerals.
Magezi Elijah Baloyi
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