Examining the Content and Outcomes of Young Adults' Satisfying and Unsatisfying Conversations About Sex

Bibliographic Data

ID4613435
AuthorsL Faulkner (0000-0001-9146-1424, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA,, corresponding author), Sandra L Faulkner, Pamela J Lannutti (0000-0003-1547-9205, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA)
Year2010
Volume20
Issue3
Pages375-385
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732309354274
PMID19955226
OpenAlexW2171196038
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited25

In this study, we examined young adults' conversational descriptions of satisfying and unsatisfying sexual conversations with a romantic partner and the relational and sexual outcomes. We coded participants' responses for content, when and where conversations occurred, and the results of conversations. Most often, conversations occurred in residences at the beginning of relationships and addressed sexual pleasure, relationship issues, sexual health, past sexual experience, attitudes/values, and sexual decision making. The results of conversations included relational consequences such as distrust, anger, understanding, and being afraid to talk to a partner, as well as sexual outcomes such as better sex, condom use, and better sex talk. The findings suggest that the costs and rewards of young adults' sexual disclosure have implications for the effectiveness of sexual communication

Content analysis · Conversation · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Communication · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues

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