In recent years, there has been a surge in the quantity of media content that glorifies risk-
taking behavior, such as risky driving, extreme sports, or binge drinking. The authors …

Teens' own thoughts on fostering safe sexual practice are important perspectives in
promoting adolescent sexual health yet are relatively absent in the literature. This focus …

Adolescence is a phase in which a person experiences significant change and maturity in
their sexuality. Adolescents seek various sources of knowledge through media access and …

The study examined the relationship between young adolescents' sources of information on
sex and precursors to sexual activity. Surveys were conducted with 3,940 Latino sixth grade …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to remediate the current gap in the existing literature
on teenage pregnancy by identifying some of the resiliency factors reflected by a selected …

The aim of the current study was to investigate the way teen pregnancy is portrayed in
Seasons 1 and 2 of the television drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Framing …

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of pregnant adolescents
regarding social, personal, emotional, and relational factors that influence the decisions they …

This retrospective study examined the relationships between exposure to sexualized music
videos in pre-adolescence/adolescence and sexual assertiveness, sexual risk taking, and …

It is clear that the US federal government is concerned about the country's teen pregnancy
rates and would like to see changes. Without a precise understanding of the factors …