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 SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONG ROMANIAN ADOLESCENTS  Éva KÁLLAY *  , Catrinel CR  Ă CIUN, Gabriel VONAŞ  , Adriana B  Ă  BAN Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania  ABSTRACT  Adolescence is an extremely challenging period of life, when drastic physical and  psychological changes take place in relatively short time-frames, when most adolescents start experiencing sexual feelings on which some will act upon or not. Sometimes, these initiatives may prove highly maladaptive, which may negatively impact both the adolescent, his/her immediate environment, and society as a whole. The major aims of this study refer to the identification of gender specificities in  sexual behavior among Romanian adolescents. In the same time, we would also like to investigate the trend in sexual behaviors specific to this age group between the two assessments: 2006 and 2010. The investigation of sexual risk behaviors as well as the attitudes and beliefs associated with these behaviors in the case of  Romanian adolescents is essential for the development of efficient programs through which one may promote healthy sexual behaviors.  KEYWORDS:  sexual health, sex ual behavior, development , contraceptive use. INTRODUCTION “Adolescence is probably the most challenging and complicated period of life to describe, study, or experience. Between the ages of 10 and 20 more changes occur, and greater individual variation is evident, than during any other period” (Berger, 1986, p. 459). These are crucial times in life, in which drastic physical and  psychological changes take place in relatively short periods of time. Major and visible transformations in the person’s physical aspect and functioning may occur in less than months, thinking styles and emotional life get increasingly more complex, socializing starts to get more diversified (peers start to be favored instead of the company of parents). Moreover, “adolescence is a critical period where many *  Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected] Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdiscipl inary Journal Copyright © 2011 Romanian Association for Cognitive Science. All rights reserved. ISSN: 1224-8398 Volume XV, No. 1 (March), 57-68

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