Sexual learning, sexual experience, and healthy adolescent sex
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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.
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The majority of relevant learning about romantic and sexual relationships comes from personal experience.
“Parents, clinicians, and educators can provide relevant learning opportunities in this area, but at the same time, the majority of relevant learning comes from personal experience (Fortenberry, 2014).”
From Becoming a sexual being: The “elephant in the room” of adolescent brain development (2017) · cites this paper as Fortenberry, 2014
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- Authors
- Fortenberry, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University School of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fortenberry, J. Dennis
- Venue
- New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2014-06
- Volume
- 2014
- Issue
- 144
- Pages
- 71-86
- ISSN
- 0195-2269 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-3247
- OpenAlex
- W2141467470
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 106
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Keywords
- sexual learning, adolescent sexuality, sexual experience, sexual motivation, self-regulation, sexual health, adolescent development
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Humans, Learning, Sexual Behavior, Health Behavior
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