Perceived Partner Responsiveness Is Associated With Adolescent Sexual Wellbeing Over 1 Year
Findings underscore the importance of feeling understood, cared for, and accepted by a partner in fostering sexual satisfaction and desire/arousal among adolescents, irrespective of their gender and sexual orientation. Perceived partner responsiveness emerges as a key target for educational initiatives on healthy romantic relationships and interventions during adolescents' early intimate experiences.
Authors
- Stéphanie Couture (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3838-7995)
- Alice Girouard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2531-448X)
- Jacinthe Dion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-6283)
- Marie‐Pier Vaillancourt‐Morel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-3463)
- Sophie Bergeron
- Marie‐Michèle Paquette
Institutions
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Adolescence
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70109
- Primary Topic
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research