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How Does Self Efficacy and Motivation Influence the Adoption of Sexual Abstinence among Students in Indonesia

open access: yesIndian Journal of Public Health
In adolescence, dating behavior may escalate into sexual contact which has implications for unwanted pregnancies followed by various negative effects.
Pulung Siswantara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religiosity and Sexual Activity Among Older Adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This study investigates religiosity, sexual activity, and sexual permissiveness among older adolescents. Eighty-two college students completed a survey that measured religiosity, sexual permissiveness, self-esteem, frequency of recent sexual encounters ...
Cheever, Kerry H   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Sexual behavior among persons living with HIV in Uganda: implications for policy and practice. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
INTRODUCTION: HIV epidemics are sustained and propagated by new cases of infection which result from transmission from infected persons to uninfected susceptible individuals. People living with HIV (PLHIV) play a critical role in prevention if they adopt
Geofrey Musinguzi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Cell Activation during Male Rat Sexual Behavior Regulates Neuroplasticity and d-Amphetamine Cross-Sensitization following Sex Abstinence

open access: yesJournal of Neuroscience, 2016
Experience with sexual behavior causes cross-sensitization of amphetamine reward, an effect dependent on a period of sexual reward abstinence. We previously showed that ΔFosB in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key mediator of this cross-sensitization ...
Lauren N Beloate   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

School based sex education and HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
ObjectivesSchool-based sex education is a cornerstone of HIV prevention for adolescents who continue to bear a disproportionally high HIV burden globally.
Virginia A Fonner   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive Sexuality Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Healthy Teen Network recommends and encourages the teaching of developmentally and age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education, as it holds the greatest hope for reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy ...

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Young people’s perceptions of relationships and sexual practices in the abstinence-only context of Uganda

open access: yes, 2017
The Ugandan government has been criticised on several grounds for its abstinence-only policies on sexuality education directed towards young people. These grounds include the failure to recognise the multiple realities faced by young people, some of whom
Billie de Haas, I. Hutter, G. Timmerman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SEX BEFORE VIOLENCE: GIRLS, DATING VIOLENCE, AND (PERCEIVED) SEXUAL AUTONOMY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article explores the phenomenon of girl violence by examining teen dating violence and girls\u27 experiences with intimate abuse both as victims and as perpetrators. While there is a tendency to view women\u27s experiences as victims of violence as
Hanna, Cheryl
core   +2 more sources

What Is Safe Sex ? Understanding the Need for Sex Education Reform

open access: yes, 2020
Currently, the United States has no standardized requirement for sex education. This has precipitated a large gap in knowledge about safe sex and a lack of consensus in current social and educational policy.
Baker, Julianne
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Impact of School-Based Sex Education on College Students’ Rape Myth Acceptance: An Exploratory Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research indicates nearly one-fourth of college women fall victim to sexual assault (Cantor et. al., 2015). Two predictors of high proclivity to rape are endorsement of rape myths and adherence to traditional gender norms (King & Roberts, 2011 ...
Carpenter, Erika
core   +1 more source

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