Research
Looking for research on adolescent sexual behavior, media impact, and other issues related to adolescent sexuality? Listed below are detailed reports, surveys, presentations, and fact sheets on
Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Adolescent Sexuality and the Media
Parent/Child Communication
Puberty
Relationships
Sex Education
Sexual Decision Making
Sexual Orientation
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/HIV
Teen Pregnancy
Adolescent Sexual Behavior
American Academy of Pediatrics
Beyond the 'Big Talk': The Roles of Breadth and Repetition in Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Topics
The Guttmacher Institute
What Motivates Teens to Have Sex?
Early Adolescents' Cognitive Susceptibility to Initiating Sexual Intercourse
Kaiser Family Foundation
Youth & Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences
Teen Sexual Activity Fact Sheet
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
14 & Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
Freeze Frame: A Snapshot of America’s Teens
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
"Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy"
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Adolescent Sexuality
The Health Benefits of Sexual Expression
Masturbation — From Stigma to Sexual Health
Adolescent Sexuality and the Media
Advocates for Youth
Talking with TV
American Academy of Pediatrics
Does Watching Sex on Television Predict Teen Pregnancy? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
American Psycholoical Association
Report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007)
Kaiser Family Foundation
Parents Say They’re Getting Control of Their Children’s Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media – Even Online
Sex on TV 4
Talking with Kids about Tough Issues: A National Survey of Parents and Kids
Teen Media – Mass Media and Adolescent Health
Mass Media as a Sexual Super Peer for Early Maturing Girls
Linking Exposure to Outcomes: Early Adolescents' Consumption of Sexual Content in Six Media
Sexual Content of Television Commercials Watched by Early Adolescents
The Mass Media are an Important Context for Adolescents' Sexual Behavior
Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents' Sexual Behavior
Parent/Child Communication
Advocates for Youth
Parent-Child Communication: Promoting Sexually Healthy Youth
Are You an Askable Parent?
Resources for Families on Parent-Child Communication
Parents Sex Ed Center
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Talking to Your Kids about Sex
Kaiser Family Foundation
SexSmarts Survey - Teens and Sexual Health Communication
Mayo Clinic
Sex Education: Talking to Your Teen About Sex
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Science Says: Parent-Child Communication About Sex and Related Topics
Dads Make a Difference
It's a Guy Thing: Boys, Young Men, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Parent Adolescent Guide to Communication about Sex in Latino Families: A Guide for Practitioners
Parental Influence and Teen Sex
What Research Tells Us About Latino Parenting Practices and their Relationship to Youth Sexual Behavior
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
How to Talk with Your Child about Sex
Human Sexuality: What Children Need to Know and When They Need to Know It
Puberty
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being (2007)
National Institute of Mental Health
Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
A Guide for Teens and Their Families
Sexuality
The Quebec Federation of Parents' Committees
Transformations, Butterflies, Passions... and All Sorts of Questions: Parents' guide for discussing sexuality with their teens
Relationships
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Choose Respect: Teaching Kids and Teens about Healthy Relationships
Journal of Adolescence
Inside the Mind of the Boy Dating Your Daughter
A new report suggests that boys are motivated more by love and a desire to form real relationships with the girls they date than by sex.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Seventeen Magazine and Kaiser Family Foundation Release New Survey About Relationships
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Is This Love? How to Tell if Your Relationship Is Good for You
Are you Safe?
Relationship Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, & Domestic Violence Threaten Individuals and Society
Sex Education
Advocates for Youth
There’s No Place Like Home … for Sex Education
Guttmacher Institute
Sex Education: Needs, Programs and Policies
Slide presentation containing the latest research and analysis (July 2005)
Kaiser Family Foundation
Sex Education in America
Sex Education in the U.S.: Policy and Politics
Mathematica Policy Research
Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs - Final Report (2007)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Abstinence-Only "Sex" Education
US Department of Health and Human Services
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior
Sexual Decision Making
Guttmacher Institute
Generation Rx.com: How Young People Use the Internet for Health Information
What Motivates Teens to Have Sex?
Kaiser Family Foundation
SexSmarts Survey - Gender Roles
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Teensex? It's Okay to Say: "No Way!"
Ready for Sex?
Sexual Orientation
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/HIV
Kaiser Family Foundation
Fact Sheet: Latinos and HIV/AIDS
Fact Sheet: Black American and HIV/AIDS
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Kids and AIDS — A Guide for Parents
The Truth about Condoms
Teen Pregnancy
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy
Making a Love Connection: Teen Relationships, Pregnancy, and Marriage
Science Says: Teens’ Attitudes Toward Nonmarital Childbearing, 2002
Science Says: The Relationship between Teenage Motherhood and Marriage - PowerPoint
With One Voice 2007: America’s Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy - An Annual National Survey
Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy
Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP)
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