Communication with Best Friends About Sex-Related Topics During Emerging Adulthood

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“Always Use Protection”: Communication Boys Receive About Sex From Parents, Peers, and the Media (2008, background): “In their survey of the extent to which undergraduate men discuss 7 sexual topic domains with their friends, Lefkowitz et al. (2004) found that dating was the topic discussed most frequently, followed by sexual behaviors and feelings; abstinence and fertility issues were discussed least frequently.”
Religiosity and spirituality during the transition to adulthood (2010, background): “Scholars have either documented gender differences (e.g., Loewenthal et al., 2001) or controlled for gender (Lefkowitz et al., 2004); however, they have rarely examined the interaction of gender and religiosity on other developmental outcomes within the United States, let alone cross culturally…”
Friendship and Romantic Relationship Qualities in Emerging Adulthood: Differential Associations with Identity Development and Achieved Adulthood Criteria (2009, background): “Despite differing functions, friendships and romantic relationships do not exist independently, but rather are embedded within an ongoing social experience (Connolly and Johnson 1996; Lefkowitz et al. 2004).”