Adolescent Sexuality

Diamond, Lisa M.; Savin‐Williams, Ritch C.

doi:10.1002/9780470479193.adlpsy001015

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“…Coordinating components of both desire and discrimination allows young people to differentiate between what sexual feelings and experiences they actively desire, what they clearly want to avoid or stop, and where they feel ambivalent or neutral [Fischer & Bidell, 2006;Peterson & Muehlenhard, 2007;Tolman, 2002Tolman, , 2012. Diamond and Savin-Williams [2009] discuss two aspects of desire: proceptivity and receptivity , respectively, the desire to seek and initiate sexual activity and desire experienced in response to others' initiation. This distinction highlights different points in the traditional sexual script at which people can use the skills of desire and discrimination: when initiating sexual activity and when responding to another person's sexual advances [Gagnon & Simon, 1973].…”

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“…Scholars have used words with overlapping meanings to refer to an optimistic approach to the study of adolescent sexuality development, such as healthy [e.g., Ward, Day, & Epstein, 2006], positive [e.g., Diamond & Savin-Williams, 2009], and normative [e.g., Tolman & McClelland, 2011]. I propose that these terms point to a concept of sexuality for which the present model may provide a roadmap.…”

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What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

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2014

Human Development

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Sexuality is central in human life, perhaps especially in adolescence when multiple dimensions of change constitute physical, psychological, and social challenges and opportunities for the developing young person. Understanding this constellation of challenges and opportunities and formulating constructive, supportive interventions would be greatly facilitated by a skills-based model for promoting sexuality development in adolescence. Moving beyond the deficit, sex-negative approach, I propose a model that identifies three key elements of skillful adolescent sexuality development: sexual selfhood, sexual negotiation, and sexual empowerment. I link these components through the processes of personal agency, interpersonal intimacy, and social advocacy. I consider limitations of the model as well as the next steps for applying this theoretical framework to future empirical studies that seek to describe, explain, and optimize sexuality development throughout the adolescent years.

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What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

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“…Most research on sexuality in adolescence has focused on the prevalence of sexual experiences, the age of sexual debut and sexual trajectories (Fortenberry, 2013). In-depth studies on sexuality development in adolescence are scarce (Diamond and Savin-Williams, 2009). Most studies on sexuality in individuals with ASD, as in the case of the general population, focus on the prevalence of sexual behaviours and on sexual knowledge (Dewinter et al, 2013;Kellaher, 2015).…”

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Adolescent boys with an autism spectrum disorder and their experience of sexuality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

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Autism 0(0) 2 AbstractThis qualitative study explored how adolescent boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience their sexuality. Previous research has demonstrated that sexuality is a developmental task for boys with ASD, as it is for their peers. Case studies have suggested a relation between ASD and atypical sexual development; empirical studies on this subject, however, are scant and inconsistent. This study is based on interviews with eight boys, aged 16 to 20, with Asperger's disorder or autistic disorder. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of the data revealed three major themes relating to (a) how they experience sexual feelings, think about sexuality and think about themselves as sexual beings; (b) how they perceive messages relating to sexuality in their surroundings; and (c) how they experience finding and having a partner and partnered sex. We believe that attention to these themes is needed in assessment, education and further research.

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“…Sexual behaviour follows a remarkably similar developmental trajectory across cultures: first feelings of sexual attraction generally emerge at the age of ten, engagement in autoerotic sexual behaviours will follow shortly afterwards, and then adolescents will begin to engage in sexual contact with another individual in a gradually intimate manner (e.g. kissing, touching) until they finally engage in oral sex and/or sexual intercourse (Collins et al, 2009;Diamond & Savin-Williams, 2009;McClintock & Herdt, 1996). Despite the seeming universality of this pathway, gender, ethnic and cultural differences can be observed in the age at which adolescents engage in sexual activity (Browning, Leventhal, & Brooks-Gunn, 2004;Madkour, Farhat, Halpern, Godeau, & Gabhainn, 2010).…”

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Understanding Adolescents

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2016

Perspectives on HCI Research With Teenagers

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Adolescent development is complex; involving the interaction between fundamental biological and cognitive developmental processes, and the unique environment inhabited by the adolescent. This chapter draws on contemporary research from the social and behavioural sciences to outline the key features of the biological and cognitive changes occurring during adolescence, which serve to differentiate adolescents from both children and adults. The contextual factors that influence the developmental trajectory of adolescents will be discussed, with particular emphasis on the role of media and technology, which is becoming an increasingly prominent developmental context and is of particular interest to the readers of this book. The chapter also discusses prominent themes in adolescent development that are product of this interaction between developmental processes and the environment, including identity, sexuality, intimacy, autonomy and achievement. It ends with a discussion of how this knowledge may be utilised by researchers working in the field of Teen-CI to inform their approach to working with adolescents.

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Adolescent Sexuality

Cited by 99 publications

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What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

Adolescent boys with an autism spectrum disorder and their experience of sexuality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Understanding Adolescents

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