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The Journal of Sex Research
The Journal of Sex Research is a scholarly, multidisciplinary journal covering the study of sexuality. The Journal of Sex Research is published quarterly by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in Allentown, Pa. Cynthia A. Graham is the editor.
Articles from Vol. 39, No. 1, February
Biological Factors in Human Sexuality
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In most species sexual behavior principally serves the purposes of reproduction. In humans, and in some other primates, other purposes for sexual behavior in addition to reproduction have evolved. In the human such purposes have been shaped and...
Clinic-Based Service Programs for Increasing Responsible Sexual Behavior
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Clinic-based service programs for increasing responsible sexual behaviors offer advantages that complement community-based prevention programs. Clinic clients are often at higher risk than persons in the general population. Clinic staff may be seen...
Effective Approaches to Reducing Adolescent Unprotected Sex, Pregnancy, and Childbearing
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Although teenage pregnancy and birth rates have declined in the United States every year since 1991, the United States still has one of the highest pregnancy rates in the developed world (Singh & Darroch, 2000); about 40% of all young women...
Effective Targeted and Community HIV/STD Prevention Programs
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Targeting interventions to change sexual behaviors which cause sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) at individuals in large numbers usually involves community-level interventions, and such community-level interventions utilize both individual-level...
Family Influences on Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior
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A broad range of family variables affect adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior. Family influences include: (a) the contextual and structural features of families (e.g., parent's education, marital status, sibling composition); (b) family...
Human Sexual Development
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Human beings are sexual beings throughout their entire lives. At certain points in life, sexuality may manifest itself in different ways. Each life stage brings with it pressures for change and sexual development milestones to be achieved if sexual...
Influences of Culture on Asian Americans' Sexuality
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While sharing their Asian ancestry and vestiges of Asian cultural heritage to varying degrees, Asian Americans comprise an ethnic minority group that defies simple characterizations. Consisting of approximately 4% of the total U.S. population, Asian...
Mass Media Influences on Sexuality
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The mass media are an increasingly accessible way for people to learn about and see sexual behavior. The media may be especially important for young people as they are developing their own sexual beliefs and patterns of behavior, and as parents...
Media Interventions to Promote Responsible Sexual Behavior
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The amount of time and attention that young people give to mass media and popular culture provides an ideal opportunity for communicating about sexual health. While the media have been used effectively to promote sexual responsibility in other countries...
Promoting Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior: An Introduction
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We are at a unique juncture in history and have a rare opportunity to develop global, national, and community strategies to promote sexual health for the new century. This opportunity has been created by the fact that the world is experiencing a...
Sexual Dysfunction: Overview of Prevalence, Etiological Factors, and Treatments
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Sexual dysfunction can impact a person's ability to form or sustain intimate relationships and has been found to interact with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Yet epidemiological, etiological, and health associations to...
Sexual Health Policies in Other Industrialized Countries: Are There Lessons for the United States?
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At least since the early 1980s, health professionals and social scientists in the U.S. have been concerned about high rates of teenage pregnancy, abortion, unplanned pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Major questions have been:...
Sexuality and Health Challenges: Responding to a Public Health Imperative
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The situation of sexual health and sexual behavior in the United States presents a challenge. As we are able to better measure STDs (including HIV) in the population, and as broad surveys show the extent of sexual dysfunctions and sexual abuse,...
The Impact of Schools and School Programs upon Adolescent Sexual Behavior
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Schools are the one institution in our society regularly attended by most young people--nearly 95% of all youth aged 5 to 17 years are enrolled in elementary or secondary schools (National Center for Education Statistics, 1993). Furthermore, virtually...
The Roles and Rules of Law in Sexual Development
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How individuals and society approach sexuality and sexual behavior necessitates a close look at how the legal system formally regulates individuals and seeks to foster certain dispositions. The law regulates sexual behavior and development in numerous...
