First sex: why not rush
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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All parents are very similar in one thing - they are worried about the well-being of their children and are worried, as if the favorite child did not get into any dangerous history. Sexual relationships of adolescents are also a headache for dads and moms. And as scientists say, not in vain. The first sexual experience can have a significant impact on the adolescent's physical and mental health.
And what can experts say about the connection between the early onset of sexual activity and the development of romantic relationships in adulthood?
Associate Professor of Psychology, Paige Harden of the University of Texas at Austin, set out to explore the influence of the age at which sexual relations began, on the further romantic successes of man in adulthood. She was interested in how the first sexual experience will affect the number of partners of a person and on his satisfaction with relationships already in adulthood.
To answer this question, Dr. Harden used data from the National Longitudinal Adolescent Health Study. She studied the history of 1,659 same-sex brothers who were observed from adolescence and were examined at the age of 29 years. Each of the subjects was classified by age, in which he began sexual relations: early (younger than 15), timely (age 15-19) or later periods (over 19).
As suggested by the expert, the later onset of sexual life in the future was associated with a higher level of education and income compared to the situation of other men who started sexual relations before the age of 15 or a little later.
Participants in the study, who later began to have sex, were much less likely than others to be dissatisfied with their personal lives at adulthood.
The team of researchers believes that this relationship can have several explanations. For example, people who later enter into first sexual contact have a certain type of temperament, which in the future helps them to establish relationships with their partner. Such people can carefully choose a sexual partner and enter into an intimate relationship only when the spiritual connection with a partner completely suits them.
But another causal relationship is not excluded. Perhaps those who later begin to have sex, in the future, more balanced behavior in close relationships with people because of the lack of psychological trauma associated with early sex and sexual aggression.
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