Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Street, Room 1001, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
J Adolesc. 2011 Aug;34(4):675-84. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.09.005. Epub 2010 Oct 20.
Developing a sexual self-concept is an important developmental task of adolescence; however, little empirical evidence describes this development, nor how these changes are related to development in sexual behavior. Using longitudinal cohort data from adolescent women, we invoked latent growth curve analysis to: (1) examine reciprocal development in sexual self-concept (sexual openness, sexual esteem and sexual anxiety) over a four year time frame; (2) describe the relationship of these trajectories with changes in sexual behavior. We found significant transactional effects between these dimensions and behavior: sexual self-concept evolved during adolescence in a manner consistent with less reserve, less anxiety and greater personal comfort with sexuality and sexual behavior. Moreover, we found that sexual self-concept results from sexual behavior, as well as regulates future behavior.
发展性自我概念是青春期的一项重要发展任务；然而，很少有实证证据描述这种发展，也不知道这些变化与性行为的发展有何关系。本研究使用青少年女性的纵向队列数据，通过潜在增长曲线分析来：(1)在四年的时间内考察性自我概念（性开放、性自尊和性焦虑）的相互发展；(2)描述这些轨迹与性行为变化的关系。我们发现这些维度与行为之间存在显著的交互效应：性自我概念在青春期以一种与更少保留、更少焦虑和对性和性行为更大的个人舒适一致的方式发展。此外，我们发现性自我概念源于性行为，也调节着未来的行为。
