sexual behavior

Teens discuss risky behaviors on MySpace

harminka — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:06:38 -0600

In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS).

Program to deter youth alcohol use also reduces conduct problems

harminka — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:16:12 -0600

A University of Georgia program designed to reduce alcohol use, drug use and risky sexual behavior in African-American youth also reduces the likelihood of engaging in conduct problems by up to 74 percent two years later, according to a new study.

Weight does not affect women's sexual behavior

harminka — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:14:53 -0500

Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."

Spanking may lead to sexual deviancy in years of maturity

seher — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:52:18 -0600

Spanking, as a corporal punishment in general, is a heartily debated social issue in many countries. Questions exist as to whether children should be spanked, whether it is an effective method of discipline, and whether or at what point it constitutes child abuse.

Sense of personal control influences Latinas' decisions about sexual debut

harminka — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:39:57 -0600

A sense of personal control over sexual behaviors strongly influences Latina women’s decisions of when to first engage in sex, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Daily alcohol use causes changes in sexual behavior

harminka — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:34:29 -0600

A team of researchers at Penn Sate has used an animal model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on male sexual behavior, including increased sexual arousal and decreased sexual inhibition. The research, which will be published on 2 January 2008 in the scientific journal PLoS ONE, resulted in four novel findings with broad importance for further addiction research.

HIV rates among gay men not fully explained by sexual behavior

harminka — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:40:31 -0500

Differences in sexual behaviours do not fully explain why the US HIV epidemic affects gay men so much more than straight men and women, claims research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Sex is thirst-quenching for female beetles

harminka — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:08:39 -0500

Female beetles mate to quench their thirst according to new research by a University of Exeter biologist. The males of some insect species, including certain types of beetles, moths and crickets, produce unusually large ejaculates, which in some cases can account for around 10% of their body weight.

Sensory organ differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals

harminka — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:23:16 -0500

For years, scientists have searched in vain for slivers of the brain that might drive the dramatic differences between male and female behavior. Now biologists at Harvard University say these efforts may have fallen flat because such differences may not arise in the brain at all.

Disabling sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice

harminka — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:03:30 -0500

By short-circuiting the sensory organ that detects the chemical cues mice use to attract mates, a team of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers has prompted female mice to behave like male mice in the throes of courtship.

Parents seeking sex abandon 1 in 3 offspring

harminka — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:03:43 -0500

The eggs of the penduline tit Remiz pendulinus are frequently abandoned as both parents go in search of new sexual conquests, a study published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology has found.

Self-monitoring reduces HIV-positive people's high risk behavior

harminka — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:22:25 -0500

There are many effective, albeit expensive, intervention programs aimed at encouraging HIV-positive people to practice less risky behavior. But a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that self-monitoring by these patients is not only an effective strategy but is inexpensive and easy to implement as well.