Professional Documents
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Overall:
List and define new vocabulary and concepts that you didnt know
before. Also list any unfamiliar words or phrases that you would like to
be able to define.
Sexual self-efficacy; normative age; risky sexual partner; confounding
factors; STI (examples) - these are concepts that are a bit fuzzy to me
in the context of the article.
What parts of the article did you not fully understand or still have
questions about?
I did not fully understand how the researchers measured the earliness
and lateness of sexual intercourse, especially since sexual intercourse
is so broadly defined. Also, the research states that it does not allow
for causal interpretations, but the point of the study is to determine
whether or not an early sexual debut correlates with long-term
negative health outcomes in individuals. This is kind of confusing
because if it isnt causal, then how can we be sure that early initial
sexual intercourses lead to a higher likelihood of negative health
outcomes, as the study suggests?
How would you clearly and concisely summarize the conclusions of this
article to the rest of your classmates, who know something about these
general ideas but havent read the article?
Critical thinking:
Do you agree with the authors conclusions? Why or why not? (think
about the evidence that they use)
I do not entirely agree with the authors conclusions because as of
today, they do not accurately represent modern youth - the people
who were contacted were part of a 1995-1996 survey, which is over 20
years old! Times have changed, and I believe that with these changing
times, having an earlier sexual debut is more popular, and will lead to
What are additional areas for research that might be of interest based
on this review?
The type of sexual intercourse that people first experience might be of
interest; just as there is a gateway drug, there could also be a gateway
form of intercourse that might lead to more unsafe forms of
intercourse. Another area of research might be to include LGBTQ
people in studies such as this one, and see if the results are similar or
different. This study was based off heterosexual people (unless stated
otherwise) and married couples, which is biased.