Purpose To examine the relationship between country-level age norms for sexual initiation timing and early sexual initiation (ESI) among adolescent boys and girls. Methods Nationally representative data from 17 countries that participated in the 2006/2007 European Social Survey (ESS-3, n = 33,092) and the 2005/2006 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC, n = 27,702) were analyzed. Age norms were measured as the average country-level response to an item asking the age at which ESS respondents believed someone is too young to have sexual intercourse. HBSC respondents (aged 14-16 years) self-reported age at sexual initiation, which we defined as early (<15 years) or not early (≥15 years or no initiation). Control variables includ...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
Objective. To elucidate how different aspects of peer norms influence the process of sexual initiati...
Purpose To examine the relationship between country-level age norms for sexual initiation timing and...
Early sexual initiation is often considered risky behaviour as it is related with adverse consequenc...
Using a Problem Behavior Theory (PBT) framework, this paper examines the extent to which psychosocia...
Although most people in developed countries experience sexual initiation during adolescence, little ...
Sexuality is a physiological component of adolescent development, though early initiation is associa...
Adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse at early ages may be at a heightened risk of negative se...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early ma...
Although most people in developed countries experience sexual initiation during adolescence, little ...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early ma...
CONTEXT Early sexual initiation (before age 16) has been linked to an increased risk of teenage pre...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early m...
International audienceOBJECTIVES: This study investigates the association between negative feelings ...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
Objective. To elucidate how different aspects of peer norms influence the process of sexual initiati...
Purpose To examine the relationship between country-level age norms for sexual initiation timing and...
Early sexual initiation is often considered risky behaviour as it is related with adverse consequenc...
Using a Problem Behavior Theory (PBT) framework, this paper examines the extent to which psychosocia...
Although most people in developed countries experience sexual initiation during adolescence, little ...
Sexuality is a physiological component of adolescent development, though early initiation is associa...
Adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse at early ages may be at a heightened risk of negative se...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early ma...
Although most people in developed countries experience sexual initiation during adolescence, little ...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early ma...
CONTEXT Early sexual initiation (before age 16) has been linked to an increased risk of teenage pre...
Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early m...
International audienceOBJECTIVES: This study investigates the association between negative feelings ...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
CONTEXT: Associations between early sexual initiation and parental support and knowledge have not be...
Objective. To elucidate how different aspects of peer norms influence the process of sexual initiati...