Abstract Purpose of Review For decades, researchers have been examining the correlates,
outcomes, and contexts related to sexual debut. Early inquiries employed mostly …

Introduction The mechanism underlying the positive longitudinal link between adolescents'
friendship quality and their well‐being is unclear. The present study was performed to …

This meta-analysis investigated the normative development of domain-specific self-
evaluations (also referred to as self-concept or domain-specific self-esteem) by synthesizing …

The present meta-analysis tests the bottom-up and top-down models of self-esteem, by
synthesizing the available longitudinal evidence on prospective effects between global and …

This meta-analysis examined the rank-order stability of domain-specific self-esteem by
comprehensively synthesizing the available evidence in eight domains of self-esteem (ie …

Background: College students are at-risk populations of mental health problems and risky
sexual behaviors. However, little literature focuses on the association between mental …

Previous findings on the relationship between parental marital quality and adolescent
psychological well-being are inconsistent; thus, we conducted a meta-analysis of 23 …

Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health
Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood …

The role of peers in adolescents' sexual behaviors is not yet fully understood. We
investigated the association between sexual communication with friends (at T1) and …

Purpose To better understand links between depressive symptoms and high-risk sexual
behavior in young women. Methods We conducted semistructured interviews with young …