Given the potential consequences, engaging in sexual behavior is somewhat risky, particularly for adolescents. Having unprotected sex, using poor birth control methods (e.g. withdrawal), having multiple sexual partners, and poor communication are some aspects of sexual behavior that increase individual and/or social risk. Some qualities of adolescents' lives that are often correlated with risky sexual behavior include higher rates of experienced abuse, lower rates of parental support and monitoring. Adolescence is also commonly a time of questioning sexuality and gender. This may involve intimate experimentation with people identifying as the same gender as well as with people of differing genders. Such exploratory sexual behavior can be seen as similar to other aspects of identity, including the exploration of vocational, social, and leisure identity, all of which involve some risk. COUNT 4
QSN1 What is an example of a poor birth control method? ANS1 withdrawal QSN2 Are higher or lower levels of parental support associated with risky sexual behavior? ANS2 lower QSN3 Is exploratory sexual behavior seen as similar or seperate to other aspects of identity? ANS3 similar QSN4 Does having unprotected sex, multiple sexual partners, and poor communication increase or decrease individual and social risk? ANS4 increase