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Article: Timing of pubertal maturation and heterosexual behavior among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents

TitleTiming of pubertal maturation and heterosexual behavior among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents
Authors
KeywordsAdolescents
Chinese
Pubertal maturation
Sexual activity
Issue Date2002
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0004-0002
Citation
Archives Of Sexual Behavior, 2002, v. 31 n. 4, p. 359-366 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study presents a cross-sectional examination of the independent contribution of pubertal maturation timing to heterosexual activity among Chinese adolescents. A standardized self-administered questionnaire was designed to obtain information on a spectrum of physical heterosexual behaviors from dating to sexual intercourse, age at first nocturnal ejaculation in boys, age at menarche in girls, and several psychosocial variables that might be associated with sexual behavior in adolescents. A total of 4,116 students aged from 14 to 18 years (2,175 boys and 1,941 girls) were recruited in the Youth Sexuality Survey of the Hong Kong Family Planning Association in 1996-97. When groups were defined as "early," "average," and "late maturers," among boys, early maturers were youngest to report dating and to have sexual intercourse, followed by average and late maturers. Among girls, late maturers were slower to date and have sexual intercourse, but early maturers showed no difference from average maturers. Age of maturation was significantly lower for those reporting all heterosexual behaviors for both sexes. Our findings illustrate culture's moderation of the expression of biological differences.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86789
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.070
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dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorShi, HJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, LMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorStewart, SMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFan, Sen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:21:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:21:20Z-
dc.date.issued2002en_HK
dc.identifier.citationArchives Of Sexual Behavior, 2002, v. 31 n. 4, p. 359-366en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0004-0002en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86789-
dc.description.abstractThis study presents a cross-sectional examination of the independent contribution of pubertal maturation timing to heterosexual activity among Chinese adolescents. A standardized self-administered questionnaire was designed to obtain information on a spectrum of physical heterosexual behaviors from dating to sexual intercourse, age at first nocturnal ejaculation in boys, age at menarche in girls, and several psychosocial variables that might be associated with sexual behavior in adolescents. A total of 4,116 students aged from 14 to 18 years (2,175 boys and 1,941 girls) were recruited in the Youth Sexuality Survey of the Hong Kong Family Planning Association in 1996-97. When groups were defined as "early," "average," and "late maturers," among boys, early maturers were youngest to report dating and to have sexual intercourse, followed by average and late maturers. Among girls, late maturers were slower to date and have sexual intercourse, but early maturers showed no difference from average maturers. Age of maturation was significantly lower for those reporting all heterosexual behaviors for both sexes. Our findings illustrate culture's moderation of the expression of biological differences.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0004-0002en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Sexual Behavioren_HK
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_HK
dc.subjectChineseen_HK
dc.subjectPubertal maturationen_HK
dc.subjectSexual activityen_HK
dc.titleTiming of pubertal maturation and heterosexual behavior among Hong Kong Chinese adolescentsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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