Having
sex during early adolescence puts teens at risk for poor health and educational outcomes, such as unintended pregnancy, getting an STI (sexual transmitted infection), and dropping out of school.
Not exact matches
During early adolescence, the attraction to the opposite -
sexed parent is revived.
Logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate whether these associations were significant after offspring age,
sex, and psychiatric symptoms
during childhood and
early adolescence and parental psychiatric symptoms were controlled statistically.
Asterisks indicate P <.001 (these associations remained significant after controlling for offspring age,
sex, and psychiatric disorders
during childhood or
early adolescence and parental psychiatric disorders); dagger, P >.05; OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted OR; and CI, confidence interval.
Results Maladaptive parenting and childhood maltreatment were associated with an elevated risk for interpersonal difficulties
during middle
adolescence and for suicide attempts
during late
adolescence or
early adulthood after age,
sex, psychiatric symptoms
during childhood and
early adolescence, and parental psychiatric symptoms were controlled statistically.
Maladaptive parenting and childhood maltreatment were associated with an elevated risk for interpersonal difficulties
during middle
adolescence and for suicide attempts
during late
adolescence or
early adulthood after age,
sex, psychiatric symptoms
during childhood and
early adolescence, and parental psychiatric symptoms were controlled statistically.
The goal of this study was to test a mediation model in which having other -
sex friends
during mid-
adolescence mediates the relationships between parental monitoring in
early adolescence and substance use
during late
adolescence.
The findings provide the first empirical evidence that other -
sex crush experiences are developmentally significant
during early adolescence.