Try out PMC Labs and tell us what you think. Learn More. Paul, MN. Two waves of data from 1, participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were analyzed. The sample was restricted to females in grades 7—12 who had not had sex at Wave 1 — and reported at least one romantic relationship by Wave 2 A lagged dependent variable approach with ordinary least-squares regression measured changes in depression and self-esteem associated with sexual and nonsexual relationships with same-age and older partners.

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Do you find yourself more attracted to older people than you do individuals that are your own age? Some people seek out sex partners that are a bit older than them rather than just dating their peers. If you prefer older sex partners, then you might be wondering whether your preferences make you weird or not. Some people worry about the stigma of dating or sleeping with someone older, but others do not. Many young adults find older adults to be appealing lovers, and there are many reasons for this that need to be considered. First, you should know that having older sex partners is actually reasonably common.
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Context: Sex at a young age with an older partner has been linked to poor reproductive health outcomes during adolescence, but minimal research has examined the influence of teenagers' having an older sexual partner on reproductive health outcomes during the transition to young adulthood. Methods: Logistic regression and contrast analyses of three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to examine whether individuals who had had sex before age 16 with a partner at least three years their senior were at increased risk of becoming teenage or unmarried parents or of contracting an STD by young adulthood. These females were more likely to acquire an STD as young adults than were those whose riskiest relationship was before age 16 with a similar-aged partner odds ratio, 2. For males, having sex before 16, regardless of partner age, was associated with an elevated STD risk odds ratio, 1.
Sex is a completely different experience with every person you have it with, which is what makes it so exciting every time you start to date someone new. Even though there will most likely always be variety in your sexual experiences, I have learned one thing to be true over the years for me , which I used to think was a total myth: Sex with an older partner has always been more enjoyable than with a person my own age. It just sort of happened that way. My boyfriend before him was a decade older.