This volume covers: changes in teenage sexual behaviours and beliefs: sexual risk-taking: body dissatisfaction: sex education: teen pregnancy: abortion: the roles of parents, peers, the media, social institutions and youth culture in adolescent sexual adjustment: the role of the internet in adolescent romance: the pros and cons of abstinence education versus harm minimization: male-female differences in desire, sexuality, motives for sex, and beliefs about romance: the existence of a sexual double standard: maladaptive aspects of sexual development, including sexual risk-taking, disease, unplanned pregnancy, and sexual coercion.