Sexual behavior encompasses the range of activities, practices, and patterns through which individuals express sexuality, and in public-health and biomedical research it is studied chiefly for its role in the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and its relationship to reproductive and psychological healt…
Sexual behavior encompasses the range of activities, practices, and patterns through which individuals express sexuality, and in public-health and biomedical research it is studied chiefly for its role in the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and its relationship to reproductive and psychological health. Behavioral epidemiology examines determinants such as partner number and concurrency, condom and contraceptive use, age of initiation, transactional sex, and the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions that shape risk, recognizing that behavior is embedded in social, cultural, economic, and relational contexts. Because many sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, are behaviorally mediated, understanding and modifying sexual behavior is central to prevention, informing education, counseling, communication interventions, and biomedical strategies such as pre-exposure prophylaxis. Research frequently focuses on adolescents, young adults, and key populations at elevated risk. The subject matter examined in this area includes knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices toward sexually transmitted infections among students, sexual sensation seeking and compulsivity in condom use, sexual functioning in adolescents with Down syndrome, sexual risk behaviors among sex workers, parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health, partner violence and condom use in serodiscordant partnerships, and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on sexual behavior, its determinants, and its implications for sexually transmitted infection prevention.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 103 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Sexual Behavior, linking to each citing work.