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Lopez, Susanna V.; Krems, Jaimie Arona; Dunn, Delaney S.; Warner, Emily; Leffingwell, Thad R. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: Sexual Strategies Theory suggests people fall on a continuum between having short-term mating orientation (STMO) and long-term mating orientation. One way STMO individuals signal mating goals is via risky drinking. The current study therefore aims to investigate drinks per week (DPW) as a mediator between STMO and risky sexual behavior…
Descriptors: Drinking, Sexuality, Health Behavior, Risk
Molla-Esparza, Cristian; Nájera, Pablo; López-González, Emelina; Losilla, Josep-María – Youth & Society, 2023
The aim of this research is to examine associations of adolescent sexting with gender, being in a romantic relationship, and other online or offline sexual behaviors, using the adolescent sexting scale A-SextS as a standardized measure. Data were collected from a sample of 579 Spanish secondary school pupils (47.3% girls), between the ages of 11…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Sexuality, Gender Differences, Intimacy
Hahlbeck, Sydney M.; Hill, Julie C.; Ahrenholtz, Rachel; Hayden, Melody – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Previous research has found that college students experience both positive and negative outcomes after a hookup. The present study examined the role that hookup motives and sex play in determining the overall positivity and negativity of the experience. Participants: College students (N = 156) completed an online survey about their most…
Descriptors: Sexuality, College Students, Motivation, Coping
Herbenick, Debby; Fu, Tsung-chieh; Patterson, Callie; Rosenstock Gonzalez, Yael R.; Luetke, Maya; Svetina Valdivia, Dubravka; Eastman-Mueller, Heather; Guerra-Reyes, Lucia; Rosenberg, Molly – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: In a random sample of undergraduate students, we aimed to: (1) establish the prevalence of choking and being choked; (2) examine demographic and situational predictors of being choked, and (3) examine demographic and situational predictors of choking someone. Participants: 4168 randomly sampled undergraduates at a large public U.S.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Incidence, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics
Bogoslavsky, Mattie Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Heteronormativity posits the superiority of heterosexuality and heterosexually-based norms over all other forms of sexual or gender expression, and heteronormative beliefs have been shown to affect how individuals view sexuality and gender. The concept of gender transition inherently goes against the ideals of heteronormativity. The current study…
Descriptors: Rape, Gender Differences, Social Attitudes, Sexual Identity
Elizabeth B. Dowdell; Raina V. Lamade; Austin F. Lee; Ann Schuler; Robert A. Prentky – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, High School Students, Behavior Problems, Mental Health
Atteberry-Ash, Brittanie; Holloway, Brendon T.; Walls, N. Eugene – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2023
Despite its central role in social work practice and education, little is known about how social justice is operationalized within the discipline. One aspect that may shed light on how the field engages the construct of social justice is through understanding more about recognition of privilege. This study examines how demographic differences,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Bias, Social Work, Graduate Students
Xu, Yin; Norton, Sam; Rahman, Qazi – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study quantified changes in self-reported sexual orientation from adolescence to early adulthood, and whether childhood gender nonconformity (GNC) predicted sexual orientation changes. Youth (2,678 boys and 3,359 girls; 96.09% ethnically White) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) were included. Self-reported…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Young Adults
Fansher, Ashley K.; Musamali, Tumelo; Self, Madison – Journal of School Violence, 2023
The rise in highly publicized cases of sexual assault, along with offenders in these cases alluding that those alleged victims were being untruthful about their claims, has fostered myths about false reporting of sexual assault, increasing discussions over fears of being falsely accused. This study uses an exploratory approach to identify the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Rape, Victims of Crime, Fear
Yolanda Alvarez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem this study addressed involves how college students since the year 2020 in the U.S. have been negotiating romance, dating, and sexual relationships in the unique historical period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, this study addressed the problem of needing to determine how the pandemic may have disrupted college students' intimate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Dating (Social)
Hamilton, Kelsey M.; Falletta, Lynn; Fischbein, Rebecca; Kenne, Deric R. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: To examine the impact of nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) during sexual activity on the frequency of condom use among a sample of college students. Participants: Students attending a large Midwestern University (N = 4284) during April 2015. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of survey data using logistic…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Contraception, College Students, Health Behavior
Spadine, Mandy; Patterson, Megan S.; Brown, Sydney; Nelon, Jordan; Lanning, Beth; Johnson, Dawn M. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This study aims to examine factors related to emotional abuse, an understudied type of intimate partner violence (IPV), among a sample of college students. Participants: 601 undergraduates from one large public university in the Midwestern United States (Spring 2017) and 756 undergraduates from one large public university in the…
Descriptors: Violence, Antisocial Behavior, Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior
Miller, Alexia E.; Racine, Sarah E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objectives: Researchers examined associations between specific forms of emotion dysregulation and numerous behavioral manifestations of impulsivity (i.e., problematic alcohol use, drug use, risky sexual activity, binge eating, non-suicidal self-injury). Participants: Participants were 238 undergraduate students (69% female). Method: Emotion…
Descriptors: Self Control, Conceptual Tempo, Correlation, Behavior Problems
Chen, Jiabi; Su, Jinni; Adkins, Amy; Mountcastle, Sally B.; Dick, Danielle M. – College Student Journal, 2020
Problem: Risky sexual behaviors are common among college undergraduate students, and previous experience of interpersonal potentially traumatic events further increase the risk to engage in these behaviors. Little is known about how physical activity level and organized sports participation moderate the relationship between interpersonal…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Health Behavior, Sexuality, Undergraduate Students
Weng, Chung-Bang; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Chen, Huey-Shys – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Adolescents often practice unhealthy behaviors to lose weight or keep from gaining weight. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) of various health risk behaviors since 1991 using U.S. representative samples of high school students and is therefore best for us to identify risk/preventive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Body Weight, Health Behavior