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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Healthy Sex and Sexual Health: New Directions for Studying Outcomes of Sexual Health
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Lefkowitz, Eva S.; Vasilenko, Sara A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Sexual behavior is an important aspect of adolescent development with implications for well-being. These chapters highlight important perspectives on studying sexual health from a normative, developmental perspective, such as viewing a range of sexual behaviors as life events; considering potentially positive physical health, mental health, social…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Adolescents, Physical Health, Mental Health
Is Sexual Behavior Healthy for Adolescents? A Conceptual Framework for Research on Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Physical, Mental, and Social Health
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Vasilenko, Sara A.; Lefkowitz, Eva S.; Welsh, Deborah P. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Although research has increasingly emphasized how adolescent sexual behavior may be associated with aspects of health beyond unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, no current theoretical or conceptual model fully explains associations between sexual behavior and multiple facets of health. We provide a conceptual model that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Influences, Physical Health
Positive Sexual Communication and Socialization in the Parent-Adolescent Context
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Lefkowitz, Eva S.; Stoppa, Tara M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
This chapter provides an expanded view of parent- adolescent sexual communication and socialization in an effort to move beyond risk perspectives toward a consideration of other important aspects of sexual socialization.
Descriptors: Socialization, Sexuality, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
Beyond the Yes-No Question: Measuring Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex.
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Lefkowitz, Eva S. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Reports on the measurement of sex-related communication and its improvement in recent years in the following ways: more differentiated self-report measures, the use of multiple reporters, the situating of sex-related communication within the context of general communication, and the use of innovative measures such as observational methods and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Problems, Family Communication, Interpersonal Communication