Article: Sexual self-concept and sexual motivation as predictors of adolescent girls' sexual satisfaction.(Sex Research Update)

The vast majority of research to date on adolescent sexuality, particularly that of adolescent girls, has focused exclusively on HIV/STI and unintended pregnancy risk behaviour. Even though the teenage years represent a critical period in an individual's development as a sexual being, we know relatively little about the adolescent experience of sexuality. Impett and Tolman (2006) conducted a study to shed light on the sexual self-concepts and motivations for engaging in sex among late adolescent girls and their relationship to sexual satisfaction. In their introduction, the authors note that while numerous studies have examined the correlates of sexual satisfaction in ...

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