77
teen pregnancy on television and,
32–35,
33
electronic and social, 26–27, 34
influence of, on sexual activity, 31–32
sexting and, 16, 34
miscarriage rate, 14
Mississippi, 51–52
multiple partners, 11
Nance, Lindsay, 19
National Abstinence Education
Association, 56
National Bureau of Economic Research,
34–35
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy
on effects of births to teens, 47
on effects of
16 and Pregnant,
34
on role of parents, 30
on teen birthrate, 7, 14, 50
National Center for Health Statistics,
12, 47–48
Netherlands, 12, 32
Newfield, Maria, 28
New York Times
(newspaper), 15–16,
33
New York University, 30
Office of the Children’s Commissioner
for England, 36
Omegle, 27
oral sex, 15–17, 54
Owens, Eric, 36
Pardes, Bronwen, 9
parenthood.
See
births to teens and
parenthood
parents, role of, 30–31, 58–60
peer pressure, 24–28
Personality and Social Psychology
Review
(journal), 26
Planned Parenthood, 29–31, 42, 60
pornography, 35–36
Posner, Matt, 37–38
pregnancy
contraception use and, 63
prevention education, 7–8
rates, 7
by age twenty, 14
miscarriage and, 14
race and ethnicity and, 11
sex education in schools and,
51–52
in United States, compared to
other developed nations, 12
on television, 32–35,
33
treatment by peers and, 30–40
See also
births to teens and
parenthood
prevention
role of parents in, 30–31, 58–60
virginity pledges and, 56–58
See also
sex education in schools
Psychological Science
(journal), 31–32
Pugsley, Samantha, 58
Quora (website), 49
race, 11
rape, statutory, 21
Ratajczak, Kara, 54–55
Regenerus, Mark, 57–58
relationships
details of, made public on social
media, 27
effect of virginity pledges on, 58
hookups versus, 18–20
pornography on Internet and, 35–36
teaching sex as part of healthy,
60–61
reputations, 6, 39–40
Review of General Psychology
(journal),
17–18
risks.
See
consequences; pregnancy;
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
risky sexual behavior
addiction to, 39
contraception use and, 28
gender and, 11
importance of comprehensive sex
education in schools and, 53–54
multiple partners and, 11
sex education in schools and, 51–52
Rodriguez, Gaby, 30–40
Ross, Carolyn C., 31
Sales, Nancy Jo, 22, 26–27
Savage, Dan, 61
Schutzer, Kendall, 33
sensation seeking, 32
sex education in schools,
51
absence of, 7–8
