OBRAZ AKTYWNOŚCI SEKSUALNEJ MŁODZIEŻY
SEXUAL ACTIVITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to present a picture of sexual activity of young people. The diagnosis is based on the results of research carried out in 2004 in 250 secondary schools on a sample of 5,173 students, as part of international research carried out in 10 countries of the Baltic Sea Region. The survey was representative because of the region and the type of secondary school. The article discusses such issues as manifestations of psychosexual maturation, masturbatory experience, or teenage love. Quite a lot of space is devoted to sexual initiation, considering data about the age at which it happened, its reasons and conditions in which it happened, as well as to how important this event is for young people. The paper also includes data illustrating the sexual activity of young people after sexual initiation, including the use of contraception and the youthful relationships. At the end, the article points out to the risks associated with young people becoming sexually active and the scale of the risky behaviors of young people.

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