The present study examines the linkage between
teenage sexual activity and emotional health.
Less widely known are the psychological and emotional problems associated with
teenage sexual activity.
Doctor of adolescent medicine Meg Meeker writes, «
Teenage sexual activity routinely leads to emotional turmoil and psychological distress....
With the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and the increase in teen pregnancy rates,
teenage sexual activity has serious consequences that we'd like to avoid.
The fact that sex education schemes of this sort positively encourage more
teenage sexual activity is no longer even regarded by officialdom as wrong.
As sex education has become more and more explicit,
teenage sexual activity has increased.
We can think of abortion acting as a type of insurance policy for
teenage sexual activity in the same way that a car insurance policy covers theft etc..
Not exact matches
So there is much to be worried about, especially with regard to the continuing pressures the Church faces to conform to the perceived wisdom about how to respond to problems such as early
sexual activity,
teenage pregnancy and STIs.
«Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early
Sexual Activity and
Teenage Pregnancy.»
Researchers using a pool from both the U.S. and New Zealand found strong evidence that father absence has an effect on early
sexual activity and
teenage pregnancy.
At the same time, he and his wife (Hope Davis) are increasingly disturbed by the kind of
sexual activity considered normal by their
teenage daughter and her peers.
The underlying causes of declining
teenage pregnancy rates are not entirely understood, though some studies suggest that increased contraceptive use is more responsible than delayed
sexual activity (Lindberg et al., 2016).
In his
teenage years, Clark started to take pictures of his friends doing drugs, marking the start of what would become his signature photographs of teenagers engaged in drug use and
sexual activities.
New research suggests growing up without a father puts girls more at risk of early
sexual activity and
teenage pregnancy.
«The earlier the father is absent from the home, the greater the risk of early
sexual activity and
teenage pregnancy,» Ellis says.
Teenage students who are abstinent from
sexual activity have higher academic achievement, according to Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson in «Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Achievement.&
sexual activity have higher academic achievement, according to Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson in «
Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Achievement.&
Sexual Abstinence and Achievement.»
Does father absence place daughters at special risk for early
sexual activity and
teenage pregnancy?
Fact: «70 % of the sexually active
teenage girls studied had initiated
sexual relations with male peers as a result of parental restrictions on
activities and as a way to assert autonomy.»