TY - JOUR
T1 - Black Female Adolescents’ Sexuality
T2 - Pleasure Expectancies, Sexual Guilt, and Age of Sexual Debut
AU - Thorpe, Shemeka
AU - Tanner, Amanda E.
AU - Nichols, Tracy R.
AU - Kuperberg, Arielle
AU - Payton Foh, Erica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study examined individual and familial influences on Black female adolescents’ (N = 1426) sexual pleasure expectancies, sexual guilt, and age of sexual debut using data from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health. Results indicated significant differences between Black female adolescents that were sexually active and those that were not. Religious importance, having a residential father, and perceived pubertal timing were significantly associated with sexual guilt and pleasure expectancies. Religious importance and perceived pubertal timing were also associated with later ages of sexual debut. These results have implications for sexuality education and future research using sex positive and intimate justice frameworks.
AB - This study examined individual and familial influences on Black female adolescents’ (N = 1426) sexual pleasure expectancies, sexual guilt, and age of sexual debut using data from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health. Results indicated significant differences between Black female adolescents that were sexually active and those that were not. Religious importance, having a residential father, and perceived pubertal timing were significantly associated with sexual guilt and pleasure expectancies. Religious importance and perceived pubertal timing were also associated with later ages of sexual debut. These results have implications for sexuality education and future research using sex positive and intimate justice frameworks.
KW - Black female adolescents
KW - Sexual guilt
KW - pleasure
KW - religiosity
KW - sexual debut
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U2 - 10.1080/15546128.2021.1892005
DO - 10.1080/15546128.2021.1892005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101878966
SN - 1554-6128
VL - 16
SP - 199
EP - 220
JO - American Journal of Sexuality Education
JF - American Journal of Sexuality Education
IS - 2
ER -