Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Although the initiation of sexual behaviors in adolescence is normative, adverse sexual health outcomes disproportionately affect adolescents relative to adults. Efforts to improve sexual health and increase health promotion behaviors in adolescent populations have not been fully successful. In this paper, we propose that translational research that integrates insights from neuroscience, ecological systems theory, and decision science with adolescent sexual behavior research can lead to advances in our understanding of the etiology and prevention of sexual risk behaviors among adolescents. Moreover, these insights can be further translated to the design and implementation of clinical interventions that improve sexual health.
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12038
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: Self-Regulation of Reward in Adolescence, New Methods in Basic and Applied Research on Drug Use Risk, Relationship between adolescent weight, sexual behavior and reproductive outcomes, Substance Use in Young Men: Genes, Brain Function and Early Social Development, Changes in brain function during adolescence and risk for depression in girls
OpenAlex ID: W2096303525