Lucia F O’sulliban
Biographic Data
| ID | 764324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia F O’sulliban |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia F |
| FAMILY NAME | O’sulliban |
| SIGNATURE | O’SULLIBAN L F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0124-6267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 76 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 743 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 76 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
Perceived Partner Responsiveness Is Associated With Adolescent Sexual Wellbeing Over 1 Year
INTRODUCTION: Research on adolescent sexuality is primarily cross-sectional and often neglects interpersonal factors that may play a key role in promoting their sexual wellbeing, such as perceived partner responsiveness, that is, feeling understood, cared for, and accepted by a partner. The current study examined prospective associations between perceived partner responsiveness and sexual wellbeing (sexual satisfaction, sexual desire/arousal, org…
Development and validation of the sexual wellbeing in Adolescence Scale (Adol-SW): A brief measure for adolescent health surveys
Purpose Sexual development is a core biopsychosocial process in adolescence. Lack of brief measures of sexual wellbeing for this age group limits understanding of the impact of these processes on broader mental health and wellbeing. This study aimed to develop and validate a brief measure of sexual wellbeing for mid-to-late adolescents (aged 14-19), suitable for use in population surveys. Methods Measure development was informed by seven agenda-s…
Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations Between In-Person and Online Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Subjectivity in Heterosexual, Cisgender, and Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents
Orgasm and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: Differences Across Genders and Dyad Configurations
Do Crushes Pose a Problem for Exclusive Relationships? Trajectories of Attraction Intensity to Extradyadic Others and Links to Primary Relationship Commitment and Satisfaction
This study examined individuals who had an active agreement to be exclusive with their relationship partner but who also reported romantic or sexual attraction to someone outside of their relationship (a “crush”). We tracked participants over time, measuring attraction intensity and relationship quality, to help clarify when an extradyadic attraction might challenge the quality of the primary relationship in some way. Of 567 individuals ( M age =…
We Were Meant to be: Do Implicit Theories of Relationships and Perceived Partner Fit Help Explain Post‐Relationship Contact and Tracking Behaviors Following a Breakup
Those experiencing relationship termination often report using efforts to contact and/or track their ex‐partner, frequently with the intent of re‐establishing connection. Implicit beliefs about relationships as being predestined (destiny beliefs) or requiring cultivation for success (growth beliefs) appear to be linked to concepts of partner fit and attempts to re‐establish connection. Combining findings across four studies, this mixed‐methods re…
Gross Double Standard! Men Using Sextech Elicit Stronger Disgust Ratings Than Do Women
Use of vibrators and more advanced forms of sextech is increasingly common, yet remains stigmatized. Disgust, an emotion linked to social attitudes and sexual norm violations, may contribute to this stigma. However, research has yet to examine perceptions of sextech use as disgusting, or how these perceptions vary by gender. To address this, we tested whether: H1) men's sextech use is rated as more disgusting than women's; H2) disgust increases w…
Sexual Ageism or Sexual Stigma? Sexual Double Standards and Disgust Sensitivity in Judgments of Sexual and Romantic Behavior
As the U.S. population continues to age, it becomes critical to understand the sexual and romantic needs of older adults. Sexual ageism, or negative attitudes toward the sexuality of older adults, can serve as a barrier to sexual and relationship quality. This stigmatization is often dismissed, minimized, or denied altogether - like many aspects of older adults' lives. This experimental study examined interpersonal evaluations and risk perception…
Breaking Up and Bouncing Back: Distress and Post-Breakup Adjustment of Young Adults
How Does Sexual Subjectivity Vary on the Basis of Gender and Sexual Orientation? Validation of the Short Sexual Subjectivity Inventory (SSSI-11) in Cisgender, Heterosexual and Sexual and Gender Minori…
Under Pressure: Men’s and Women’s Sexual Performance Anxiety in the Sexual Interactions of Adult Couples
Most research on sexual performance anxiety has focused on men's experiences and links to erectile functioning and premature ejaculation, with little research attention given to women's experiences or to relationship dynamics. At times, sexual performance anxiety has been examined in the context of dysfunction, but rarely as a focus in its own right. Study 1 asked 51 participants reporting sexual performance anxiety to describe the cognitive and …
It’s Just a Little Crush: Attraction to an Alternative and Romantic Relationship Quality, Breakups and Infidelity
Over the course of an intimate relationship, individuals will frequently encounter potential alternative partners and may in fact develop romantic or sexual attraction to them. It is unclear when a more distal attraction to a potential alternative (a "crush") is associated with impaired relationship quality to one's primary relationship. A growing body of work indicates that crushes are common among those in established, ostensibly monogamous rel…
I Was Worshiped and in Control”: Sugar Arrangements Involving Transactional Sex from the Perspective of Both Sugar Babies and Sugar Benefactors
Sugar dating arrangements involve an older partner ("sugar daddy/mommy") who provides financial support to a younger partner ("sugar baby") in exchange for intimacy. The current study recruited a U.S. and Canadian sample of sugar babies ( n = 45) and sugar benefactors ( n = 32) through social media sources to survey them about perceived power in their sugar arrangement, gender roles, and stigma. Sugar benefactors did not differ in perceived power…
Romanticizing the Stolen Kiss: Men’s and Women’s Reports of Nonconsensual Kisses and Perceptions of Impact on the Targets of Those Kisses
Stolen kisses are often portrayed as resulting from uncontrollable passion and a need to connect intimately with another. This study examined stolen kisses, defined as kissing someone for the first time when the kisser perceived the kiss recipient was not expecting it, and had not provided consent for the kiss. These kisses were examined from the perspective of the individual initiating the kiss. Participants (N = 130; M age = 32.27; 67% identifi…
Loving you from afar: Attraction to others ("crushes") among adults in exclusive relationships, communication, perceived outcomes, and expectations of future intimate involvement
Crushes are uncommunicated, often unilateral, attractions to an individual, generally viewed as a state of unfulfilled longing. They are typically attributed to young people, but recent research suggests that these experiences might be common among adults as well, including among those in committed relationships. Combining findings from three studies across four datasets, this mixed-methods research explores crushes experienced by individuals in …
What makes them last? Predicting time to relationship dissolution in adolescent women's intimate relationships with male partners
Adolescents acquire important intimacy and communication skills in their relationships that contribute to relationship longevity. Yet we know relatively little about which factors help relationships endure. Objective: This study tracked adolescent women's ( N = 387; 14-17 years) relationships from onset to dissolution to assess factors that contribute to relationship length. Prior relationship experience, relationship characteristics, and current…
What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health?
Sexual health has provided a guiding framework for addressing sexuality in public health for several decades. Although the WHO definition of sexual health is revolutionary in acknowledging positive sexuality, public health approaches remain focused on risk and adverse outcomes. The long-standing conflation of sexual health and sexual wellbeing has affected our ability to address everyday sexual issues. This Viewpoint provides a way forward to res…
Satisfying curiosities through “sextech”: Who is accessing non-traditional sexual education
Bullying Victimization and Sexual Wellbeing in Sexually Active Heterosexual, Cisgender and Sexual/Gender Minority Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation
Individual and Relationship Predictors of Trajectories of Sexual Function across Adolescent and Young Adult Relationships
Many young adults report poor sexual function, but research typically fails to consider relationship context and how problems might evolve over time. Research is needed to provide insights into how sexual problems are experienced across relationships, as well as the types of sexual function problems associated with various trajectories. We investigated retrospective trajectories of sexual problems across the multiple relationships of 688 young ad…
Perhaps It Was Too Soon: College Students’ Reflections on the Timing of Their Sexual Debut
Early sexual debut has been a focus of social scientific research due to its association with adverse circumstances and negative outcomes. However, there has been a recent shift to considering not only chronological age, but also the degree to which the event is viewed to be optimally timed (i.e., the perception that it occurred at the "right time" versus too soon). The purpose of this study was to assess how individual/family background variable…
Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication in India: Responses of Middle Class Parents
Parents are an important source of sexual health information for adolescents, and quality parent–adolescent sexual communication has been linked to positive sexual health outcomes. We sought to enhance the limited information about parent–adolescent sexual communication in India. The participants were 78 mothers and 91 fathers of adolescents ages 12–19 years. Both mothers and fathers reported limited past sexual communication, on average having t…
Premarital Sex
Premarital sex refers to sexual behavior practiced prior to marriage, typically in the sexual lives of adolescents and young adults. Research in this area has also addressed attitudes regarding premarital sex (i.e., permissiveness) and behavioral links to negative public health outcomes, such as unwanted pregnancy and infection. More recent approaches emphasize the positive components of premarital sex, placing it more directly in the context of …
A National Survey of the Provision of Sexual Health Clinical Services by Public Health in Canada: First Insights
Objectives: Data documenting the scope of sexual health clinical services offered as public health in Canada are unavailable. This article provides first insights into the scope of STI and clinical sexual health services available nationally. Methods: Data were gathered using an online survey of 113 Canadian public health units. Results: Almost half of the clinics were not providing expedited partner therapy, one third were not providing point of…
Sexual and reproductive health education attitudes and experience in India: How much support is there for comprehensive sex education? Findings from an Internet survey
This study assessed the extent to which an Internet-recruited sample of residents of India was supportive of the provision of comprehensive sexual education in school in a country where youth sexual health is poor. We sought to determine whether attitudes differed for those of varying demographic backgrounds (age, sex, education level, religion), the extent of support for comprehensive coverage, the school or age levels deemed appropriate for del…
Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships
The prevalence rates of unwanted sexual activity indicate that a substantial proportion of both men and women are at risk for experiencing unwanted (nonconsensual) sexual activity. However, little is known about the extent to which men and women consent to unwanted sexual activity, such as when a person indicates willingness to engage in a sexual activity at a time when he or she experiences no sexual desire. In the current study, 80 male and 80 …
Actual versus desired initiation patterns among a sample of college men: Tapping disjunctures within traditional male sexual scripts
Research on men's sexual scripts has tended to overlook that some men do not endorse traditional scripts or that one or both members of a couple might desire a departure from culturally dominant sexual scripts. This study used in-depth interviews with 32 college-aged men from a community college in New York City to examine disjunctures between current and desired sexual initiation patterns. Results show that although men currently practice male-d…
College students’ incorporation of initiator and restrictor roles in sexual dating interactions
According to the traditional sexual script, men are the initiators and women the restrictors of sexual activities (McCormick, Brannigan, & LaPlante, 1984). While recent attitudes have shifted toward a more egalitarian standard (DeLamater & MacCorquodale, 1979) and sexual experiences are becoming more permissive (Finlay, Starnes, & Alvarez, 1985), it is not known whether this has resulted in changes in sexual scripts. Therefore, 50 men and 55 wome…
Schoolgirls and Soccer Moms: A Content Analysis of Free “Teen” and “Milf” Online Pornography
Viewing free online pornographic videos has increasingly become a common behavior among young people, although little is known about the content of these videos. The current study analyzed the content of two popular female-age-based types of free, online pornography (teen and MILF) and examined nuances in the portrayal of gender and access to power in relation to the age of the female actor. A total of 100 videos were selected from 10 popular Web…
Sex without Desire: Characteristics of Occasions of Sexual Compliance in Young Adults' Committed Relationships
Sexual compliance (i.e., willingly engaging in sexual activity that one does not desire) is a common behavior among young people. Little is known about the characteristics of occasions of sexual compliance in the context of a committed relationship. This study used both a diary method and in-depth interviews to assess occasions of sexual compliance, as well as types of sexual activity, condom use, pleasure, and feelings of pressure and control. P…
Eroding stereotypes: College women's attempts to influence reluctant male sexual partners
Guided by descriptions of the traditional sexual script, researchers have examined men's, but not women's, attempts to influence a reluctant dating partner to engage in sex. In the current study, we examined both men's and women's experiences of women's attempts to influence a reluctant male dating partner to engage in sexual activity. Ninety male and 111 female participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing sexual/dating histories a…
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families
Urban minority girls are at considerable risk for the negative health consequences of early sexual activity. Yet few researchers have explored the sources of information about sexual issues for these adolescents, particularly parent-child communication. As part of a larger qualitative study examining social cognitions about sexuality among urban girls, 72 African American and Latina mothers and 72 daughters representing two age groups (6-9 and 10…
African-American and Latina Inner-City Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Development
Scripts that specify cultural expectations regarding appropriate sexual and romantic conduct become especially salient during adolescence. Fifty-seven African-American and Latina girls (10-13 years) from impoverishedneighborhoods of New York City participated in one of eight semi-structuredgroup interviews to assess girls' perceptions of the scripts guiding sexual and romantic development. As expected, the social and cultural contexts of early ad…
A Comparison of Male and Female College Students' Experiences of Sexual Coercion
Research comparing men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion has typically assessed differences in prevalence rates and risk. We extended this line of research by comparing the contexts of sexual coercion and reactions to sexually coercive experiences in an attempt to understand the meanings that men and women attribute to these events. Participants were 433 randomly selected college students who responded to an anonymous survey. In line w…
Less is more: The effects of sexual experience on judgments of men's and women's personality characteristics and relationship desirability
I Wanna Hold Your Hand: The Progression of Social, Romantic and Sexual Events in Adolescent Relationships
Recognition of the diversity of relationship experiences may prompt the development of more effective interventions for adolescents who engage in risky sexual behavior
The Development of the Sexual Self-Concept Inventory for Early Adolescent Girls
The Sexual Self-Concept Inventory (SSCI) was developed to assess sexual self-concept in an ethnically diverse sample of urban early adolescent girls. Three scales (Sexual Arousability, Sexual Agency, and Negative Sexual Affect) were shown to be distinct and reliable dimensions of girls' sexual self-concepts. Validity was established through comparisons with established instruments. Sexual Arousability and Sexual Agency were associated with positi…
Decision-Making in College Students' Heterosexual Dating Relationships: Ambivalence about Engaging in Sexual Activity
Researchers have examined decision-making related to participating in sexual activity and resisting sexual advances. However, ambivalence about sexual participation has received little research attention. A sample of 194 US college students (96 men, 98 women) completed surveys designed to examine uncertainty about engaging in sexual activity with a dating partner, the factors that influence eventual decisions regarding participation, and the perc…
Drawing the Line: The Development of a Comprehensive Assessment of Infidelity Judgments
Infidelity is a leading cause of relationship discord and dissolution, and couples generally report expectations to maintain monogamy. However, a majority of men and women report engaging in some form of infidelity at least once in their lives. Research assessing judgments of the behaviors that constitute infidelity is lacking. The three studies reported here advanced the literature by developing and validating the Definitions of Infidelity Quest…
Gender Role and Relationship Norms among Young Adults in South Africa: Measuring the Context of Masculinity and HIV Risk
Sibling influence, gender roles, and the sexual socialization of urban early adolescent girls
This study examined whether older siblings influence early adolescent girls' sexual socialization. Participants were 180 girls, 12 to 14-years-old, from predominantly ethnic minority backgrounds. They completed a battery of interviewer-administered measures assessing a range of sexual cognitions and romantic and sexual behaviors. As predicted, compared with other girls, girls with older brothers placed greater value in becoming a parent, had lowe…
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sexuality in a Clinical Sample of Hispanic Adolescent Girls
Mother-daughter communication about sexuality within minority families has received little research attention at a time of increasing prevalence rates of adolescent HIV infection in these groups. Even less is known about communication in families with psychiatrically disturbed adolescents. As part of an HIV-intervention study, 110 adolescent girls (ages 13-18) and their mothers completed questionnaires assessing communication patterns and adolesc…
Passion, connection, and destiny: How romantic expectations help predict satisfaction and commitment in young adults’ dating relationships
Romantic beliefs (e.g., love at first sight and soul mates) are common among young people, however, these beliefs are thought to create unrealistic expectations for romantic relationships. The current study assessed the romantic beliefs, romantic expectations, and relationship outcomes (satisfaction and commitment) of 270 young adults (aged 18-28 years) who were involved in dating relationships. Romantic beliefs were associated with greater satis…
Communicating Interest in Sex: Verbal and Nonverbal Initiation of Sexual Activity in Young Adults’ Romantic Dating Relationships
Great expectations: Examining unmet romantic expectations and dating relationship outcomes using an investment model framework
Expectations for one's romantic relationship, and the extent to which these expectations are actually met, are important predictors of relationship outcomes. Themes of romanticism (e.g., idealism, soul mates, love at first sight) emerge from our romantic socialization. But what happens when romantic relationships fall short of these ideals and expectations are unmet? The current study examined the association among unmet romantic expectations and…
A Cognitive Analysis of College Students’ Explanations for Engaging in Unprotected Sexual Intercourse
Communication About HIV and Risk Behaviors Among Mothers Living With HIV and Their Early Adolescent Children
Little is known about how mothers living with HIV communicate to their children about HIV risk. The current study explored communication between mothers and children about prevention and risk behaviors, the impact of maternal HIV infection and child knowledge of HIV, and concordance in reports from mothers and their children. The sample comprised 220 mothers and their early adolescent children (10-14 years old) who resided in socioeconomically di…
Men, Multiple Sexual Partners, and Young Adults’ Sexual Relationships: Understanding the Role of Gender in the Study of Risk
Assessing Reliability of Early Adolescent Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Behavior
Plenty of Fish in the Ocean: How do Traits Reflecting Resiliency Moderate Adjustment After Experiencing a Romantic Breakup in Emerging Adulthood
College students’ incorporation of initiator and restrictor roles in sexual dating interactions
According to the traditional sexual script, men are the initiators and women the restrictors of sexual activities (McCormick, Brannigan, & LaPlante, 1984). While recent attitudes have shifted toward a more egalitarian standard (DeLamater & MacCorquodale, 1979) and sexual experiences are becoming more permissive (Finlay, Starnes, & Alvarez, 1985), it is not known whether this has resulted in changes in sexual scripts. Therefore, 50 men and 55 wome…
A cumulative index to The Journal of Sex Research: 1978–1993
(1993). A cumulative index to The Journal of Sex Research: 1978–1993. The Journal of Sex Research: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 347-392
Eroding stereotypes: College women's attempts to influence reluctant male sexual partners
Guided by descriptions of the traditional sexual script, researchers have examined men's, but not women's, attempts to influence a reluctant dating partner to engage in sex. In the current study, we examined both men's and women's experiences of women's attempts to influence a reluctant male dating partner to engage in sexual activity. Ninety male and 111 female participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing sexual/dating histories a…
Less is more: The effects of sexual experience on judgments of men's and women's personality characteristics and relationship desirability
A Comparison of Male and Female College Students' Experiences of Sexual Coercion
Research comparing men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion has typically assessed differences in prevalence rates and risk. We extended this line of research by comparing the contexts of sexual coercion and reactions to sexually coercive experiences in an attempt to understand the meanings that men and women attribute to these events. Participants were 433 randomly selected college students who responded to an anonymous survey. In line w…
Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships
The prevalence rates of unwanted sexual activity indicate that a substantial proportion of both men and women are at risk for experiencing unwanted (nonconsensual) sexual activity. However, little is known about the extent to which men and women consent to unwanted sexual activity, such as when a person indicates willingness to engage in a sexual activity at a time when he or she experiences no sexual desire. In the current study, 80 male and 80 …
Decision-Making in College Students' Heterosexual Dating Relationships: Ambivalence about Engaging in Sexual Activity
Researchers have examined decision-making related to participating in sexual activity and resisting sexual advances. However, ambivalence about sexual participation has received little research attention. A sample of 194 US college students (96 men, 98 women) completed surveys designed to examine uncertainty about engaging in sexual activity with a dating partner, the factors that influence eventual decisions regarding participation, and the perc…
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sexuality in a Clinical Sample of Hispanic Adolescent Girls
Mother-daughter communication about sexuality within minority families has received little research attention at a time of increasing prevalence rates of adolescent HIV infection in these groups. Even less is known about communication in families with psychiatrically disturbed adolescents. As part of an HIV-intervention study, 110 adolescent girls (ages 13-18) and their mothers completed questionnaires assessing communication patterns and adolesc…
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families
Urban minority girls are at considerable risk for the negative health consequences of early sexual activity. Yet few researchers have explored the sources of information about sexual issues for these adolescents, particularly parent-child communication. As part of a larger qualitative study examining social cognitions about sexuality among urban girls, 72 African American and Latina mothers and 72 daughters representing two age groups (6-9 and 10…
Does Familiarity Breed Complacency? Hiv Knowledge, Personal Contact, and Sexual Risk Behavior of Psychiatrically Referred Latino Adolescent Girls
Although psychiatrically disturbed minority youth are at high risk for contracting HIV, little is known about HIV risk among this population. As part of a larger HIV intervention study, 110 psychiatrically referred, Latino adolescent girls (13 to 18 years old) completed questionnaires assessing their HIV knowledge, personal contact with an individual with HIV or AIDS, and sexual risk behaviors. The results indicate that girls’level of knowledge w…
Sibling influence, gender roles, and the sexual socialization of urban early adolescent girls
This study examined whether older siblings influence early adolescent girls' sexual socialization. Participants were 180 girls, 12 to 14-years-old, from predominantly ethnic minority backgrounds. They completed a battery of interviewer-administered measures assessing a range of sexual cognitions and romantic and sexual behaviors. As predicted, compared with other girls, girls with older brothers placed greater value in becoming a parent, had lowe…
Assessing Reliability of Early Adolescent Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Behavior
African-American and Latina Inner-City Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Development
Scripts that specify cultural expectations regarding appropriate sexual and romantic conduct become especially salient during adolescence. Fifty-seven African-American and Latina girls (10-13 years) from impoverishedneighborhoods of New York City participated in one of eight semi-structuredgroup interviews to assess girls' perceptions of the scripts guiding sexual and romantic development. As expected, the social and cultural contexts of early ad…
Intimate Partner Violence and Monogamy among Women in Methadone Treatment
The Social and relationship contexts and cognitions associated with romantic and sexual experiences of early-adolescent girls
Communication About HIV and Risk Behaviors Among Mothers Living With HIV and Their Early Adolescent Children
Little is known about how mothers living with HIV communicate to their children about HIV risk. The current study explored communication between mothers and children about prevention and risk behaviors, the impact of maternal HIV infection and child knowledge of HIV, and concordance in reports from mothers and their children. The sample comprised 220 mothers and their early adolescent children (10-14 years old) who resided in socioeconomically di…
Actual versus desired initiation patterns among a sample of college men: Tapping disjunctures within traditional male sexual scripts
Research on men's sexual scripts has tended to overlook that some men do not endorse traditional scripts or that one or both members of a couple might desire a departure from culturally dominant sexual scripts. This study used in-depth interviews with 32 college-aged men from a community college in New York City to examine disjunctures between current and desired sexual initiation patterns. Results show that although men currently practice male-d…
International Academy of Sex Research
Patterns of reasoning and decision making about condom use by urban college students
HIV infection rates are rapidly increasing among young heterosexuals, making it increasingly important to understand how these individuals make decisions regarding risk in sexual encounters. Our objective in this study was to characterize young adults' safer sex behaviour and associate this behaviour with patterns of reasoning, using cognitive, information processing methods to understand the process of sexual risk taking. Sixty urban college stu…
Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Microbicides and Nonoxynol-9 use in a Probability Sample of Gay Men
Gender dynamics in the primary sexual relationships of young rural South African women and men
A substantial body of South African research describes the importance of gender dynamics within sexual relationships as factors underlying HIV risk, yet we know little about these factors among young adults-a group at exceptionally high risk of infection. Our primary objective was to explore the ways that young adult men and women interpret and enact gender roles within their established primary partnerships, and how these dynamics influence sexu…
Gender Role and Relationship Norms among Young Adults in South Africa: Measuring the Context of Masculinity and HIV Risk
Men, Multiple Sexual Partners, and Young Adults’ Sexual Relationships: Understanding the Role of Gender in the Study of Risk
The Development of the Sexual Self-Concept Inventory for Early Adolescent Girls
The Sexual Self-Concept Inventory (SSCI) was developed to assess sexual self-concept in an ethnically diverse sample of urban early adolescent girls. Three scales (Sexual Arousability, Sexual Agency, and Negative Sexual Affect) were shown to be distinct and reliable dimensions of girls' sexual self-concepts. Validity was established through comparisons with established instruments. Sexual Arousability and Sexual Agency were associated with positi…
Young urban adults' heterosexual risk encounters and perceived risk and safety: A structured diary study
Using diary methods, the current study explored characteristics of young adults' sexual risk interactions over a two-week period and the associations between perceived risk and safety with regard to these sexual risk behaviors. We screened all participants to ensure a moderate to high scores on an HIV knowledge measure. Men (n = 44) and women ( n = 48) enrolled at an inner-city college collected diary data, generating reports of 440 sexual occasi…
Psychology (67 works) · Developmental psychology (55 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (47 works) · Social Psychology (47 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (39 works) · Social Psychology (38 works) · Medicine (37 works) · Clinical Psychology (27 works) · Sexual behavior (27 works) · Clinical Psychology (19 works)