Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop a utility model to explain the development of sexual behavior of adolescents. This utility model incorporates a bio-social model to explain intragroup differences and age-related differences, and a social values model to explain intergroup and intercohort differences in the utility of sexual behavior. The model will be tested using a questionnaire with three annual waves on a panel of 7th through 12th grade public school pupils.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD012806-07
Application #
3312007
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1979-09-01
Project End
1988-11-30
Budget Start
1987-09-01
Budget End
1988-11-30
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Type
Overall Medical
DUNS #
078861598
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599

  Publications

Campbell, Benjamin; Mbizo, Michael (2006) Reproductive maturation, somatic growth and testosterone among Zimbabwe boys. Ann Hum Biol 33:17-25
Campbell, Benjamin C; Prossinger, Hermann; Mbzivo, Michael (2005) Timing of pubertal maturation and the onset of sexual behavior among Zimbabwe school boys. Arch Sex Behav 34:505-16
Halpern, Carolyn Tucker; Campbell, Benjamin; Agnew, Christopher R et al. (2002) Associations between stress reactivity and sexual and nonsexual risk taking in young adult human males. Horm Behav 42:387-98
Halpern, C T; Joyner, K; Udry, J R et al. (2000) Smart teens don't have sex (or kiss much either). J Adolesc Health 26:213-25
Halpern, C T; Udry, J R; Campbell, B et al. (1999) Effects of body fat on weight concerns, dating, and sexual activity: a longitudinal analysis of black and white adolescent girls. Dev Psychol 35:721-36
Halpern, C T; Udry, J R; Suchindran, C (1998) Monthly measures of salivary testosterone predict sexual activity in adolescent males. Arch Sex Behav 27:445-65
Halpern, C T; Udry, J R; Suchindran, C (1997) Testosterone predicts initiation of coitus in adolescent females. Psychosom Med 59:161-71
Harlow, S D; Campbell, B; Lin, X et al. (1997) Ethnic differences in the length of the menstrual cycle during the postmenarcheal period. Am J Epidemiol 146:572-80
Harlow, S D; Campbell, B (1996) Ethnic differences in the duration and amount of menstrual bleeding during the postmenarcheal period. Am J Epidemiol 144:980-8
Dabbs Jr, J M; Campbell, B C; Gladue, B A et al. (1995) Reliability of salivary testosterone measurements: a multicenter evaluation. Clin Chem 41:1581-4

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