Call number: LD2668 .T4 1958 G76 / Master of Science

Thesis advisor: Diane Scott-Jones / This study examined adolescents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, and the relationship between self-protective behaviors and beliefs about HIV-related medical technologies. The sample consisted of 20 male and 30 female high school seniors with a mean age of 17.5 years. Participants completed a questionnaire and an open-ended interview. Knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention was high. Seventy percent of the sample was sexually active. Only 49% of the sexually active adolescents reported consistent condom use during sexual intercourse. Males and females did not differ on most items; however, males reported using protection during intercourse more often than females (p = .02). Participants reported low feelings of personal vulnerability to HIV/AIDS but placed high value on self-protection against HIV/AIDS. No differences were found in beliefs about HIV-related medical technologies among three sexual behavior groups (abstinent, use condoms always, use condoms inconsistently). / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2004. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Psychology. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

by Lai Duen Mun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-91). / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.v / List of Appendices --- p.vii / Introduction --- p.1 / Method --- p.28 / Results --- p.41 / Discussion --- p.63 / Limitation and Recommendation --- p.78 / Reference --- p.82 / Appendices --- p.92

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It is the purpose of this research practicum to explore the self-reported changes of women who have participated in Preorgasmic Women's Groups. These groups are a type of treatment program for the problem of primary orgasmic dysfunction, and for women who want to learn to experience orgasm through manual masturbation. A Preorgasmic Group relates to a combination of physiological and psychological components of orgasm. It is distinguished from other therapy techniques in that the program involves only women in a group situation and uses a combination of techniques. It combines group discussion, education of female anatomy and sexual function, and a behavior modification program done as homework, which is an adaptation of the nine-step desensitization program designed by Lobitz and LoPiccolo. Primary Orgasmic Dysfunction: a term describing the condition of a woman who has never experienced orgasm. Secondary orgasmic dysfunction is a term describing women who have experienced orgasm outside sexual activity with a partner.

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Adolescence is a time of accelerated physical and sexual growth, and many students become sexually active before they finish secondary schooling. Unfortunately, many adolescents and young adults experience sexual coercion in their intimate relationships. Sexual coercion is defined broadly as verbal or physical pressure to engage in sexual activity. This study sought to examine sexual coercion experiences of Year 11-12 high school, male and female students in their peer dating and relationships. Before retrieving such information, a modified Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) questionnaire was designed. This was named the Adolescent Dating and Relationship Survey (ADRS) which, subsequently, was examined by experts in the area, and validated via a pilot study using 30 university students. Thirdly, the study administered the ADRS to 341, Year 11 and Year 12 students to examine how they responded to their sexually coercive experiences. The participants were actively engaging in relationship behaviours, with nearly 50% of the females and 70% of the males reporting a relationship with a partner of the same age. However, significantly more females dated older partners and, conversely, more male students were involved with younger partners. The female students tended to have longer relationships than the males, especially for relationships of 9 to 12 months or longer. Participants did not report sexual coercion experiences via threat or blackmail, nor were the males threatened with a weapon. The most frequently cited forms of coercion by both female and male students were: made to feel guilty, being plied with alcohol and/or other drugs, being pressured by begging and/or arguing, and being lied to. However, the female students reported being physically restrained significantly more than the males. As a group they responded to these sexually coercive acts via all forms 2 measured except the males, who did not resort to either fighting off or yelling. Talking about the experience later was the response commonly reported by the students. Further, female students responded to sexual coercion by saying either,

Courtship and copulation behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster males are regulated by sex-specific products from the gene fruitless (fru). Male-specific FRU proteins (FRU[superscript M]) are putative transcription factors of the BTB-ZnF family that likely act by controlling development and maintenance of the neural circuitry used during male sexual behavior. However, which neuronal characteristics are regulated by FRU[superscript M] is mostly unknown and how FRU[superscript M] neurons are grouped into circuits and the role that specific neuronal circuits play in sexual behavior has not been elucidated. I have identified a subset of FRU[superscript M] neurons that co-express the transcription factor, Engrailed (En). After fru[superscript M]-RNAi-induced targeted removal of FRU[superscript M] proteins from FRU[superscript M]/En neurons, males were impaired in their ability to initiate or maintain copulation. Further, I examined two characteristics, the initial projections and neurotransmitters used by FRU[superscript M]/En neurons. Males and females showed a difference in the neurochemistry of FRU[superscript M]/En neurons in the thoracic ganglia; this neurochemistry is disrupted in fru mutant males. For one cohort of serotonergic neurons in the abdominal ganglion that were previously shown to be dependent on FRU[superscript M] for expression of serotonin, I determined that FRU[superscript M] works in conjunction with other sex-specific genes, TAKEOUT (TO) and DOUBLESEX (DSX), to induce of serotonin expression in males; in females serotonin expression is repressed by DSX and TO. Finally, I performed a genetic screen for genes that interact with, or are downstream targets of, fru, dsx, or dissatisfaction (dsf). I assessed fertility, copulation success, and abdominal muscle development of EMS-mutagenized flies, resulting in one fly line in which homozygous mutant animals had a novel muscle phenotype. By genetic tests, the mutation was found to be allelic to string, which encodes a Cdc25- like phosphatase. Taken together, my research demonstrates that subsets of FRU[superscript M] neurons function in circumscribed circuits to regulate specific portions of sexual behavior, and that FRU[superscript M], along with other sex-specific genes, controls development of these neurons in part by determining neurochemistry. Further, FRU[superscript M] likely directs multiple downstream targets, in different subsets of neurons in which it is expressed, which collectively provide correct development of neural circuits underlying courtship and copulation behavior. / Graduation date: 2006