ED PSYCH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Church Attendance, Sexual Orientation, Peer Pressure
22 Apr 2017
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The timing of sexual initiation: adolescents are more likely to lose virginity during certain times of year, may, june, july, december is peak time for serious relationships. Role of father: teen fathers likely to (after they become a teen father, have problems with self-esteem, school, work, aggression, drugs, and alcohol, have fathered child previously, experience adverse effects on mental health and educational development (more in. White and hispanic men: receive little support or help in becoming responsible parents (more programs for females than males) Influences on sexual behavior: family: parent-adolescent conflict, associated with early sexual activity, household composition, teens from single-parent families become sexually active earlier. Influences on sexual behavior: peers: teens become sexually active, when peers are, when they believe peers are. If older siblings model sexual behavior: possible processes, establish normative standard, sex is acceptable in general, communicative expectations about behavior to one another, peer pressure.
