The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement.

Lickona, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ490392

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement.

Lickona, Thomas

American Educator, v18 n2 p34-39 Sum 1994

Discussions of teen sex usually focus on the dangers of pregnancy and disease but ignore the emotional hazards and destructive psychological consequences of temporary sexual relationships. Teenagers absorbed in a sexual relationship may turn inward at a time then they should be reaching out to others. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Interpersonal Relationship, Pregnancy, Psychological Patterns, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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