How urbanization affects sexual communication [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Urbanization is rapidly altering landscapes worldwide, changing environmental conditions, and creating novel selection pressures for many organisms. Local environmental conditions affect the expression and evolution of sexual signals and mating behaviors;
Justa L. Heinen‐Kay +2 more
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Father 2 Son: The Impact of African American Father–Son Sexual Communication on African American Adolescent Sons’ Sexual Behaviors [PDF]
American Journal of Men's Health, 2019 Parent–child sexual communication has been associated with reducing adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Limited research on parent–child sexual communication has been conducted on African American (AA) adolescent males who are at increased risk of sexually
Allyssa L. Harris RN, PhD, WHNP-BC +2 more
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The role of childhood traumas on father-child sexual communication language: Self-esteem, social anxiety and sexual education. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe aim of the study was to examine the direct and indirect associations between fathers' childhood abuse experiences and their levels of self-esteem, social anxiety, attitudes towards sexual education and sexual communication language levels with their ...
Ibrahim Güngör, Ismihan Zeliha Artan
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The mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between sexual health literacy and sexual communication self-efficacy among married nursing students [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Sexual health literacy is essential for improving communication about sexual health, especially among married nursing students. Emotional intelligence may play a significant role in facilitating this communication by mediating the relationship
Shaimaa Mohamed Amin +6 more
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How Do Acculturation, Maternal Connectedness, and Mother-Daughter Sexual Communication Affect Asian American Daughters’ Sexual Initiation? [PDF]
Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 2020 Purpose: There was a growth of approximately ten million Asian American individuals in the United States between 2000 and 2015. Asian Americans have conservative values surrounding sexual health and sexual communication is a cultural taboo.
BoRam Kim, Yurun Cai, Teri Aronowitz
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Validation of the Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy Scale [PDF]
Health Education and Behavior, 2016 This study assessed a newly developed Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy Scale designed to measure the sexual communication self-efficacy of adolescent men and women. Three-hundred and seventy-four U.K.
Robin R Milhausen, Ralph J Diclemente
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Ozone exposure disrupts insect sexual communication. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 AbstractInsect sexual communication often relies upon sex pheromones. Most insect pheromones, however, contain carbon-carbon double bonds and potentially degrade by oxidation. Here, we show that frequently reported increased levels of Anthropocenic ozone can oxidize all described male-specific pheromones of Drosophila melanogaster, resulting in reduced
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Insects, 2022 Odorant-degrading enzymes (ODEs) are proposed to degrade/inactivate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on a millisecond timescale. Thus, ODEs play an important role in the insect olfactory system as a reset mechanism. The inhibition of these enzymes could
Ricardo Godoy +4 more
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Factors affecting the safe sexual behaviors of Korean young adults by gender: a structural equation model [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2023 Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the factors that influence safe sexual behaviors of Korean young adults and identify differences by gender.
Nalae Moon +3 more
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Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Sexual signals are important in speciation, but understanding their evolution is complex as these signals are often composed of multiple, genetically interdependent components.
Thomas Blankers +3 more
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