Adolescent Sexuality and Positive Well-Being: A Group-Norms Approach

Autor/inn/en	Vrangalova, Zhana; Savin-Williams, Ritch C.
Titel	Adolescent Sexuality and Positive Well-Being: A Group-Norms Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 8, S.931-944 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9629-7
Schlagwörter	Social Attitudes; Sexuality; Well Being; Adolescents; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Developmental Psychology; High School Seniors; Rural Schools; Peer Influence; Age Differences; Gender Differences; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sexualität; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Entwicklungspsychologie; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The link between adolescent sexual activity and psychological well-being is a controversial issue in developmental psychology. This cross-sectional study investigated the association between three aspects of teenage sexuality (genital sexual experience, age of sexual onset, and number of sex partners) and positive well-being (hedonic, eudaimonic, and overall) in a sample of 475 high school seniors (48% female; 89% White) from a single school district in a rural upstate New York community. Based on a group-norms perspective, we expected higher well-being in adolescents whose sexual behaviors followed group-normative patterns. As expected, sexually experienced and on-time (at age 16) students reported higher well-being than sexually inexperienced or late-onset (17 or older) students. Contrary to expectations, a high number of sex partners and an early sexual onset (15 or younger) were not related to lower well-being. Early-onset girls reported higher levels of well-being than normative-onset peers. Findings are discussed in relationship to theoretical perspectives and past empirical findings of teenage sexuality as a developmental asset versus risk. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10