Article: Early Sex and Its Behavioral Consequences in New Zealand.

Investigation of sexual behavior in the adolescent years has a dual significance. First, adolescence is a period of experimental activity and potentially high-risk behavior in its own right (Gagnon et al., 1989). But second, and more pertinent to this paper, it is also a crucial point of transition to adulthood (Gagnon, 1989) in the sense that adolescence is a time of major physiological, psychological, and social change when many patterns of behavior are established, including future sexual practices and outcomes and a range of health-related and risk-taking behaviors (Donovan, Jessor, & Costa, 1993). The focus of this paper is on this second dimension, namely adolescence ...

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