Paper Title

Sexual Learning, Sexual Experience, and Healthy Adolescent Sex: Sexual Learning, Sexual Experience, and Healthy Adolescent Sex

Keywords

  • sexual learning
  • healthy adolescent sex
  • sexual experience
  • adolescent sexuality
  • sexual health
  • neurocognitive brain systems
  • sexual motivation
  • self-regulation
  • sexual functioning
  • adolescent sexual development
  • formal sexual education
  • informal sexual learning
  • healthy sexual behavior
  • adolescent health
  • sexual education expansion
  • healthy sexual practices
  • sexual development
  • sexual self-regulation

Article Type

Research Article

Journal

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development External link

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DOI

DOI Icon 10.1002/cad.20061

Publication Info

Volume: 2014 | Issue: 144 | Pages: 71–86

Published On

January, 2014

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Abstract

This chapter is organized around the question “How do adolescents learn to have healthy sex?” The chapter assumes that sexual learning derives from a broad range of both informal and formal sources that contribute to learning within the context of neurocognitive brain systems that modulate sexual motivations and self-regulation. The overall objective is to consider how adolescents become sexually functional and healthy and to provide a conceptual basis for expansion of sexual learning to better support healthy sexual functioning. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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