Developing adolescent sexuality in context

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Developing adolescent sexuality in context:

Relations with parents and peers

Daphne van de Bongardt
Developing adolescent sexuality in context:

Relations with parents and peers

Seksuele ontwikkeling tijdens de adolescentie in context:

Relaties met ouders en leeftijdgenoten

Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht

op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof.dr. G.J. van der Zwaan,
ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties

in het openbaar te verdedigen

op vrijdag 17 april 2015 des middags te 4.15 uur

door

Cover design: Remy de Pundert & Fred Horn. The tangram figures were constructed Daphne van de Bongardt
with the seven pieces of HEXTAN, a hexagonal tangram variant.
ISBN: 978-94-6299-051-7 geboren op 20 juni 1984
Printed by: Ridderprint BV, Ridderkerk, the Netherlands te Amsterdam

© 2015 Daphne van de Bongardt
All rights reserved. No part of this dissertation may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information
storage or retrieval system, without prior permission for the author.
Developing adolescent sexuality in context:

Relations with parents and peers

Seksuele ontwikkeling tijdens de adolescentie in context:

Relaties met ouders en leeftijdgenoten

Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht

op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof.dr. G.J. van der Zwaan,
ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties

in het openbaar te verdedigen

op vrijdag 17 april 2015 des middags te 4.15 uur

door

Cover design: Remy de Pundert & Fred Horn. The tangram figures were constructed Daphne van de Bongardt
with the seven pieces of HEXTAN, a hexagonal tangram variant.
ISBN: 978-94-6299-051-7 geboren op 20 juni 1984
Printed by: Ridderprint BV, Ridderkerk, the Netherlands te Amsterdam

© 2015 Daphne van de Bongardt
All rights reserved. No part of this dissertation may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information
storage or retrieval system, without prior permission for the author.
Promotor: Beoordelingscommissie:
Prof.dr. M. Deković Prof.dr. T. F. M. ter Bogt Universiteit Utrecht
Prof.dr. S. J. T. Branje Universiteit Utrecht
Copromotor: Prof.dr. J. D. Fortenberry Indiana University & The Kinsey Institute
Dr. E. Reitz Prof.dr. W. Koops Universiteit Utrecht
Prof.dr. R. Veenstra Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

The research for this dissertation was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO) and the Fund for Scientific Research on Sexuality (FWOS) [NWO Grant No.
431-99-018].
Promotor: Beoordelingscommissie:
Prof.dr. M. Deković Prof.dr. T. F. M. ter Bogt Universiteit Utrecht
Prof.dr. S. J. T. Branje Universiteit Utrecht
Copromotor: Prof.dr. J. D. Fortenberry Indiana University & The Kinsey Institute
Dr. E. Reitz Prof.dr. W. Koops Universiteit Utrecht
Prof.dr. R. Veenstra Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

The research for this dissertation was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO) and the Fund for Scientific Research on Sexuality (FWOS) [NWO Grant No.
431-99-018].
Voor mijn familie,
in het bijzonder voor mijn moeder.
Voor mijn familie,
in het bijzonder voor mijn moeder.

| Table of Contents |
Table of Contents

Chapter 1 General Introduction 13

Chapter 2 Early sexual debut in the Netherlands: A longitudinal study on
the role of individual characteristics, parenting and peers 31

Chapter 3 Indirect over-time relations between parenting and adolescents’
sexual experience and emotions through global self-esteem 43

Chapter 4 Bidirectionality between general and sexuality-specific parenting and
early adolescent sexual experience: A four-wave longitudinal study 63

Chapter 5 A meta-analysis of the relations between three types of peer norms
and adolescent sexual behavior 85

Chapter 6 Observed normativity and deviance in adolescent dyads’ conversations
about sex and the relation with perceived sexual peer norms 135

Chapter 7 Parents as moderators of longitudinal associations between sexual
peer norms and Dutch adolescents’ sexual initiation and intention 163

Chapter 8 General Discussion 177

Summary 201

Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) 205

References 211

Dankwoord / Acknowledgements 243

About the Author 249

Publications 253