Initiating sexual experiences: How do young adolescents make decisions regarding early sexual activity?
Initiating sexual experiences: How do young adolescents make decisions regarding early sexual activity?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2005.00112.x
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Halpern-Felsher, BL
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作者：
Michels, TM;Kropp, RY;Halpern-Felsher, BL
了解青少年如何决定参与早期性活动，对于旨在促进青少年积极发展和减少青少年性行为负面后果的干预工作至关重要。深入访谈42个郊区，大多数白色，九年级的青少年（52%的女性，平均年龄=14.1，SD= 0.45）引出他们的早期性决定的帐户。本研究采用扎根理论的方法，从青少年的叙述中建立了一个性决策模型。出现了六个主要类别：背景因素（关系和个人特征），风险和收益的考虑，边界设置，边界沟通，性体验和评估。我们从青少年的角度制定的早期性决策过程模型强调积极考虑健康和社会风险和利益，以及产生关于性活动的选择。该模型还表明，青少年设定明确的性界限和评估性经验，这表明一个动态的决策过程。
Understanding how young adolescents make decisions to engage in early sexual activities is vital for intervention efforts aimed at fostering positive youth development and reducing the negative outcomes of adolescent sexual behavior. In-depth interviews with 42 suburban, mostly White, ninth-grade adolescents (52% females, mean age=14.1, SD=.45) elicited accounts of their early sexual decisions. We adapted grounded theory methodology to build a model of sexual decision making from the adolescents' narratives. Six dominant categories emerged: contextual factors (relationship and personal characteristics), consideration of risks and benefits, boundary setting, boundary communication, the sexual experience, and evaluation. Our model of early sexual decision-making processes, developed from the perspectives of young adolescents, highlights active consideration of health and social risks and benefits, as well as the generation of options regarding sexual activity. The model also shows that young adolescents set clear boundaries of sexual limits and evaluate sexual experiences, suggesting a dynamic process of decision making.