2012-05-24T14:06:48Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/juvenile-sexual-behaviors.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1172.html Mar 19, 2012 Mar 19, 2012

There is a lack of data that address new media use and its potential relationship with adolescent sexual risk behavior and sexual health. The authors developed this matrix of measures to summarize the state of measurement in this arena and set the stage for further research. The measures were extracted from studies of media use, media effects, and interventions that employ new media to improve sexual health. Several new items are also included.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF292.html Jan 24, 2012 Jan 24, 2012

An expert panel was convened to develop a working knowledge base about the use of new media (such as the Internet, social networking sites, cell phones, online video games, and MP3 players) among adolescents and the potential impact on their sexual health and also to identify appropriate measures for assessing this use, thus setting the stage for future research and intervention.

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/audio/2010/07/29/the-air-they-breathe.html Aug 30, 2011 Aug 30, 2011

Madeline Di Nonno, executive director for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and Rebecca Collins, a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, discuss how media images of girls influence how they see themselves and whether portrayals of sex in popular music, television, and film influence behavior.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100194.html Jul 31, 2011 Jul 31, 2011

Interventions need to recognize the importance of social networks of homeless youth in emerging adulthood by enhancing supportive bonds and reducing substance use and risky sex.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9580.html Mar 23, 2011 Mar 23, 2011

Summarizes research on Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a worksite-based parenting program designed by RAND and University of California at Los Angeles researchers that improves communication between parents and their adolescents on sexual health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110045.html Mar 11, 2011 Mar 11, 2011

Young homeless "travelers" engage in higher risk behavior than non-traveler homeless and may have different service needs and require different service approaches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110067.html Feb 28, 2011 Feb 28, 2011

Longitudinal research has demonstrated a link between exposure to sexual content in media and subsequent changes in adolescent sexual behavior, including initiation of intercourse and various noncoital sexual activities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110066.html Feb 28, 2011 Feb 28, 2011

A reanalysis of data from earlier studies continues to show associations between sex in the media and adolescent sexual outcomes. The evidence does not prove causality but suggests cautions for parents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD276.html Feb 7, 2011 Feb 7, 2011

Reviews the controversy over the true high school graduation rate in the United States, provides a comprehensive review of the debate, discusses shortcomings of current methods, and proposes new methods that address those shortcomings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000181.html May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010

This study examined whether specific parenting factors can be used to predict adolescent problem behaviors in intervention studies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9520.html Mar 11, 2010 Mar 11, 2010

<p>Examines parent-child discussions of sexual behavior. Finds consistency in the timing and content of such discussions; however, many parents and children do not discuss key topics, such as birth control, before adolescents become sexually active.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000183.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

Sexual behavior among adolescents with HIV-positive mothers was less prevalent than among other adolescents, but was more likely to occur with adolescent alcohol use, lack of parental monitoring, and poorer physical functioning of HIV-positive mothers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9068.html Oct 20, 2009 Oct 20, 2009

Two recent studies led by RAND Health behavioral scientist Rebecca Collins examined the impact of TV sex on teenagers’ sexual beliefs and activities.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/04/29.html Apr 29, 2009 Apr 29, 2009

School-based drug education programs for adolescents can have a long-term positive impact on sexual behavior in addition to curbing substance abuse.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090807.html Apr 28, 2009 Apr 28, 2009

<p>School-based drug education programs for adolescents can have a long-term positive impact on sexual behavior in addition to curbing substance abuse.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/04/01/PJ.html Apr 1, 2009 Apr 1, 2009

Essentially, the available research suggests that teaching abstinence alone to teenagers does not work &mdash; they are no more likely to delay the start of sexual activity than other teenagers. But research has not been so clear regarding virginity pledges specifically, writes Steven Martino.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090618.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Interventions that limit teenagers' exposure to televised sexual content, that provide a more accurate portrayal of sexuality than typically depicted on television or that help adolescents think critically about televised sexual content may help teenagers make more carefully considered decisions about sexual debut.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090803.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>This article examines data from 2,575 high school students who participated in a teen-dating violence intervention study. The majority of participants were Latino (91%), and the sample was nearly evenly split with respect to gender (51% female). Items from two scales (boy-on-girl violence; girl-on-boy violence) reflecting teens' attitudes about dating violence were calibrated with the graded item response theory (IRT) model and evaluated for differential item functioning (DIF) by gender. Results support the use of IRT scores that account for DIF to minimize measurement error and improve inferences about gender differences in attitudes about dating violence</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/11/03.html Nov 3, 2008 Nov 3, 2008

Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9398.html Nov 3, 2008 Nov 3, 2008

<p>Offers some practical implications based on the first study to demonstrate a link between exposure to sexual content on TV and subsequently becoming pregnant or being responsible for a pregnancy before the age of 20.</p>