Adolescents who use the Internet regularly (the "e-teen") present a new set of challenges for marriage and family therapists. This article introduces marriage and family therapists to (a) the basic technological concepts and unique psychological characteristics of the Internet important in understanding and addressing adolescent online sexual behavior, (b) the appropriate developmental expectations for teens online, including risk-taking behaviors and critical decision-making skills, and (c) suggested strategies for assessment, prevention, and intervention when dealing with problematic online sexual behavior in adolescents. Marriage and family therapists cannot ignore the role the Internet plays in adolescent sexual development and its implication for the family. This article will serve as a primer for the marriage and family therapist when presented with adolescents who engage in online sexual behaviors.

The research literature on relational betrayal in a committed relationship has focused on the resulting trauma from the betrayal; however, few studies investigated the potential for posttraumatic growth following a relational betrayal. This study investigated the presence of posttraumatic growth in relationally betrayed women. The research focused on women's perceptions of the relational betrayal, and factors that facilitated posttraumatic growth. Results indicated relationally betrayed women perceived the betrayal as a traumatic event, to the extent that some met criteria for PTSD diagnosis. The passage of time was significant corollary to posttraumatic growth when moderated by a PTSD diagnosis. Finally, certain resources were reported to be more helpful than others in the development of posttraumatic growth. Clinical implications are presented.

This report of a pilot study with 170 unselected neonates considers the effects of signal variables and certain random factors upon auditory behavior. Signal variables differentially affect the incidence of response (response-ratio), the kinds of behavior elicited during response (response-pattern), and the strength of response. Complexity is the prime determinant of response-ratio; response-pattern is affected by frequency and perhaps by duration (below 300 msec). High frequency stimulation elicits behavior which is unique in many ways, and certain aspects of behavior vary systematically with age. All aspects of auditory behavior are modified by activity state, which in turn is systematically altered by repeated stimulation, hunger, and other factors: the response-ratio function resembles adult “cue function” while systematic changes in response-pattern support the “law of initial values” and an “awake-alert-aware” continuum which has been postulated for the ascending reticular formation.