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Article: Sexual self-concept and sexual self-efficacy in adolescents: a possible clue to promoting sexual health?(Report)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Research on adolescent sexual behavior predominantly has focused on sexual risk taking behaviors in efforts to reduce unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs; e.g., Capaldi, Stoolmiller, Clark, & Owen, 2002; Raffaelli & Crockett, 2003). Whereas the continuing high incidence rates of STDs in the adolescent population are a serious public health issue, developmental psychologists and feminist theorists (among others) have sought to enlarge the research agenda from the more narrow focus on risk reduction to a broader goal of promoting adolescent sexual health (Russell, 2005; Welsh, Rostosky, & Kawaguchi, 2000). Drawing on ecological developmental ...