The proposed research is designed to evaluate the development of relationship characteristics associated with sexual behaviors, relationship formation, exclusivity and relationship transition among middle and late adolescent women. Sexual activity occurs in the context of developmental changes in interpersonal relationships as well as the functions and meanings of sexual relationships within adolescence and in the transition to young adulthood. Data will be obtained from middle (ages 14 - 17 years) and late adolescent women (ages 18 - 20 years) at enrollment. The younger participants will be evaluated via self-administered questionnaire, face-to-face interview and daily diary for a period of 27-months. Late adolescents will be recruited from participants completing a 27-month study (funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases) of factors associated with sexually transmitted infections (STI). Participants of the earlier study entered at ages 14 -17 years. The current project proposes to continue intensive data collection on sexual behavior and sexual relationships for an additional 27- month period. Thus, these data will reflect a full span of development encompassing middle and late adolescence and the transition into young adulthood. Several types of data - self-administer questionnaire, face-to-face interview - will be used. Coital diaries allow analytic focus on specific transitional coital events (i.e., coitus with a new sex partner). The statistical concept of 'runs' will be used to assess sequences of sexual events and transitions to new partners. Developmental trends in relationship formation, relationship quality, coital frequency and condom use will be assessed by latent growth curve analysis.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD044387-04
Application #
7052900
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHD1-DSR-W (10))
Program Officer
Newcomer, Susan
Project Start
2003-05-07
Project End
2008-04-30
Budget Start
2006-05-01
Budget End
2007-04-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$384,234
Indirect Cost
Name
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Department
Pediatrics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
603007902
City
Indianapolis
State
IN
Country
United States
Zip Code
46202
Hensel, Devon J; Nance, Jennifer; Fortenberry, J Dennis (2016) The Association Between Sexual Health and Physical, Mental, and Social Health in Adolescent Women. J Adolesc Health 59:416-21
Hensel, Devon J; Selby, Sarah; Tanner, Amanda E et al. (2016) A Daily Diary Analysis of Condom Breakage and Slippage During Vaginal Sex or Anal Sex Among Adolescent Women. Sex Transm Dis 43:531-6
Hensel, Devon J; Tanner, Amanda E; Sherrow, Ashley et al. (2016) A longitudinal daily diary analysis of condom use during bleeding-associated vaginal sex among adolescent females. Sex Transm Infect 92:337-9
Li, Zhuokai; Liu, Hai; Tu, Wanzhu (2015) A sexually transmitted infection screening algorithm based on semiparametric regression models. Stat Med 34:2844-57
Hensel, Devon J; Sorge, Brandon H (2014) Adolescent women's daily academic behaviors, sexual behaviors, and sexually related emotions. J Adolesc Health 55:845-7
Romer, Amy; Shew, Marcia L; Ofner, Susan et al. (2013) Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use is not associated with risk of incident sexually transmitted infections among adolescent women. J Adolesc Health 52:83-8
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Hensel, Devon J; Fortenberry, J Dennis (2013) A multidimensional model of sexual health and sexual and prevention behavior among adolescent women. J Adolesc Health 52:219-27
Ott, Mary A; Harezlak, Jaroslaw; Ofner, Susan et al. (2012) Timing of incident STI relative to sex partner change in young women. Sex Transm Dis 39:747-9
Fortenberry, J Dennis; Hensel, Devon J (2011) The association of sexual interest and sexual behaviors among adolescent women: a daily diary perspective. Horm Behav 59:739-44

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