76
discussed by parents and teens,
30–31
drug or alcohol use and, 30
lack of knowledge about importance
of, 63
long-acting reversible contraception
(LARC) methods and, 14–15,
15
peer pressure and, 25
rate of, 13
sex education in schools and, 51–52
DeMatteo, David, 16
Diefendorf, Sarah, 58
disease transmission.
See
sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs)
Drexel University, 16
drug use, 29–30
economic consequences, 47, 48–49
education
level of mother and sexual activity of
teen, 31
by parents, 30–31, 58–60
in schools
abstinence-only, 52,
55
, 55–56
comprehensive sex, 52–55
laws requiring, 52
likelihood of engaging in risky
sexual behavior and, 51–52
need for more focus on positive,
60–61
public opinion about having, 50–51
of teen parents after baby is born, 47
Elliott, Sinikka, 59, 60
Ellis, Kori, 16
emotional consequences, 6, 37–38
Espey, Eve, 14
ethnicity, 11, 13
Family Circle
(magazine), 30
Finer, Lawrence, 23
flirting, sexting as, 16
Fonda, Jane, 61–62
Freitas, Donna, 18, 20
frontal lobe of brain, 28–29
Gelperin, Nora, 53
gender
sexual activity and
effect of media on, 32
effect of, on reputation, 39–40
factors influencing, 31
first instance of, 13
hookups and, 18
rate of, 10
risky, 11
sexual violence and, 20
STD infections and, 42
teen dads and, 47, 48
use of LARC contraception methods
and, 14–15
See also
births to teens and
parenthood; pregnancy
Georgia, 21
gonorrhea, 43
“great imitator” (syphilis),
42
, 43
Guttmacher Institute, 14, 18, 51
Hald, Gert Martin, 32
Himelstein, Rima, 13
Hispanics, 11, 13
HIV/AIDS, 7, 44–45, 63
hookup culture, 17–20, 22, 30
hormones, 29
human papillomavirus (HPV), 43–44
implants, 14
income, 31, 47
Indiana University, 35
inhibitions and substance use, 29–30
Internet, pornography on, 35–36
intrauterine devices (IUDs), 14,
15
JAMA Pediatrics,
20
Japan, 12
Journal of Adolescent Health,
34
Journal of Family Psychology,
56–57
judgment, influences on, 28–30
LaRue, Gabby, 59
Leyba, Beth, 52–53
Lohmann, Raychelle Cassada, 16
long-acting reversible contraception
(LARC) methods, 14–15,
15
M.A.C. AIDS Fund, 63
Marie, Jenelle, 54
Martins, Nicole, 35
media
depiction of sexual activity by
as harmless and casual, 31
pornography and, 35–36
sensationalization in, 23
