Sentences with phrase «sexual risk taking»

An exception may be a study on the effects of father absence [53]: just thinking about an important time in their lives when their fathers were absent encouraged sexual risk taking in women (§ 6c).

These interventions have tended to involve working directly with adolescents to change attitudes, beliefs, and intentions regarding sexual risk taking.

From a life - history theory perspective, Chipman & Morrison [65] investigated whether adolescent sexual risk taking and pregnancy is due to: (i) perceptions of high mortality risk in the environment; (ii) good access to alloparents or cooperative breeding networks; (iii) poor knowledge of safe sexual practices; or (iv) structural risk in the environment (see [66 — 69] for in - depth discussions of factors influencing adolescent sexual risk taking).

In the current study, the amount of parental participation was indirectly associated with reductions in sexual risk taking.

This literature suggests that father absence encourages women in particular to gravitate towards earlier sexual maturity, greater sexual risk taking and earlier first birth [21,53,70,80,84].

Using experimental methods researchers have found support for: childhood stress (§ 6b) and father absence (§ 6c) lowering preferred age at first birth and increasing sexual risk taking [45,53]; attachment style (§ 6e) influencing parenthood - related thoughts [60]; cultural norms (§ 6m) discouraging reproduction outside stable unions [12]; women's reproductive autonomy (§ 6i) influencing their fertility preferences [47]; paternity uncertainty (§ 6j) discouraging parental investment by men [55]; high cost of children (§ 6l) encouraging delayed reproduction and lower fertility [36,47]; resource stress and limitation (§ 6o) affecting mating preferences [12,36,40,51]; and mortality risk and salience (§ 6p) encouraging a greater interest in children, earlier reproduction and higher fertility [6,41,42,45,57 — 59].

Dr. Jennifer Harman - Science of Relationships articles Website / CV Dr. Harman's research examines relationship behaviors that put people at - risk for physical and psychological health problems, such as how feelings and beliefs about risk (e.g., sexual risk taking) can be biased when in a relationship.

Greater exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts earlier sexual debut and increased sexual risk taking.

should be knowledgeable about the content, be comfortable discussing the material and answering sensitive questions about sexual risk taking, have experience using interactive teaching strategies such as roleplaying, have good rapport with youth, and, ideally, have experience using service learning with youth.

Specifically, she has been examining how feelings and beliefs about risk (e.g., sexual risk taking, communication problems) can be biased when in an intimate relationship.

Divorce may increase sexual risk taking in children from these homes, according to University of Iceland research published in the «Scandinavian Journal of Psychology» in 2000.

Hooking up and sexual risk taking among college students A health belief model.

says Maggie, who now sees her former sexual risk taking as a symptom of depression.

These included early sexual debut, experiences of sexual advances from older men, early pregnancy and childbirth, sexual risk taking, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Not exact matches

The union took aim at «a hyper - masculine industrial camp culture, which can result in increased risk of sexual harassment, assault, increased levels of violence against women in sex work and hitchhiking and increased levels of child care and gender inequity.»

This does not mean that all youngsters would start taking more sexual risks when abortion is easily available.

We know that pregnancy rates increase because availability of the morning - after pill makes people take greater risks in terms of riskier sexual activity; and we also know that the morning - after pill does not offer protection against STIs.

When adolescents have easy access to EBC, they may be more likely to engage in sexual behaviour or to take more risks when they do so, e.g. by being less likely to use condoms.

The youngster is not only at a stage of sexual exploration, an innocent in search of his sexual identity, but he's also often in rebellion against his parents, bent on taking risks.

Since boys at highest risk of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)

Motor vehicles crashes are a very common bad outcome from drinking, but there are many more bad outcomes that can result, including sexual risk - taking and assault, falls and other injuries, physical violence, property damage, and overdose, to name a few.

In the wake of yet another sex abuse scandal in sports, here are some steps experts say parents can take to minimize the risk that their child, or a teammate will be a victim of sexual abuse or harassment.

Speaking to reporters on a campaign visit to a Scottish farm with the Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, Osborne said: «The Nigel Farage tendency is taking over their argument and you're increasingly getting this Farage vision of Britain, with all this talk of bodies washing up on the sea shores and women being at risk of sexual assault from migrants.»

The two types of reasoning are part of Fuzzy Trace Theory, which «has emerged as one of the major alternative paradigms to successfully explain adolescents» and adults» risk taking in domains such as health and sexual behaviors,» according to the authors.

Only 14 per cent agreed that they might take more sexual risks because they had been vaccinated.

«We're talking about suicide, homicide, car accidents, substance abuse and sexual risk - taking.

«Girls more likely to have sex, take sexual risks, and marry young if they menstruate early.»

Participants were screened for risk - taking behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, sexual promiscuity, and physical violence and underwent functional MRI (fMRI) scans to examine communication between brain regions associated with the emotional - regulation network.

«The ban takes someone's sexual identity and associates it de facto with serious infection and risk,» Berkman said.

The IPERGAY researchers found that men who have sex with men and transgender women at high risk for HIV infection who took PrEP around the time of sexual activity were 86 percent less likely to acquire HIV than similar individuals who took a placebo.

She found that young people between 16 and 25 take a pragmatic approach to sexual risks because sexuality plays an important role in their quest for a better future.

Studies show it can increase the risk of addiction, and also trigger violence, other drug use, alcohol abuse, and sexual risk - taking.

Men who have had breast cancer or who are at risk for prostate cancer should not take testosterone, but they may want to consult with a sexual medicine specialist for other options.

Experts who deal with people with bipolar disorder tell incredible tales of risk - taking during the manic phase, from inappropriate sexual behavior to stealing cars.

In order to maintain healthy sexual lifestyles, there are safety tips that one should take to protect themselves from such risks.

The recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse demonstrate the need for every organisation with exposure to young people to ensure they are taking an active response to reduce potential risks of harm to children.

The angry provocateur who helped to forge a new identity for German painting after the Second World War is still taking risks; the painter who saw works from his first solo exhibition in 1963 confiscated by the authorities for their grotesque sexual imagery is still challenging the viewer.

The eroticism in Iannone's work is expressed not just in her daring and beautiful sexual images, but also in the risks she takes.

When it comes to private sexual fantasies and fetishes, going public is probably not worth the risk that these torrent and peer - to - peer users are taking.»

«The court went on to say that reckless sexual conduct — involving «voluntary taking of risk» and «indifference to consequences» — might be actionable, but merely negligent (i.e., careless) conduct in which a defendant simply «did not think about possible injury to the plaintiff» is not.

When governing bodies are considering whether there is a risk to the public, they must take into account the inherent likelihood that the only evidence of sexual misconduct will often be a complainant's word against a registrant's; as a result, they must take great care not to assess the women's complaints of misconduct on the basis of discriminatory myths and stereotypes.

Review of workplace violence risk assessment, taking into account possible sexual violence in the workplace

As part of their risk assessment process, employers should also consider whether and what steps they've taken to mitigate their financial exposure in the event of a workplace sexual harassment or violence claim against it.

These risks warrant equally high - level attention: have a board member or committee take the issue of workplace sexual harassment on as an important and a priority project, and back them up by allocating the necessary resources to get the job done.

But the number of personal stories told publicly by women lawyers about sexual harassment is small; I am privileged to be senior enough and tenured enough and removed enough from the emotional turmoil of that time to take the risk of telling it.

Studies have also shown that clinicians — as well as pharmacists — and users are concerned about the impact of increased access to EC on sexual risk - taking behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).8 - 10 Recent research in the field of STI and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention has shown that sexual risk - taking behaviors and unprotected intercourse in men have increased after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy.11, 12 No study has yet tested whether increased access to EC might increase STI risk by affecting sexual behavior, including frequency of intercourse and number of partners.

At all 3 follow - ups, the program had a positive impact on the majority of the psychosocial variables related to sexual risk - taking behaviors (e.g., HIV and STD knowledge, self - efficacy to get and use condoms, condom use norms, parent - child communication)(Coyle et al., 2001).

Kirby D and Coyle K, School - based programs to reduce sexual risk - taking behavior, Children and Youth Services Review, 1997, 19 (5 — 6): 415 — 436.

• A large body of research has found no evidence that providing young people with sexual and reproductive health information and education results in increased sexual risk - taking.12

Many of these programs have resulted in delayed sexual debut, reduced frequency of sex and number of sexual partners, increased condom or contraceptive use, or reduced sexual risk - taking.11, 12