Table 2.
Overview of the N = 7 empirical studies on the neurocognitive correlates of adolescent sexual decision-making
| Manuscript (authors, journal, year) | N by gender | Age range | Nature of sample | Imaging modality | Method | Sexual outcome measure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feldstein Ewing SW, Houck JM, and Bryan AD, Addictive Behaviors, 2015 | N males = 77 N females = 18 Total N = 95 |
14–18 | At-risk | fMRI | GoNoGo | Risky sex days (past month days of sexual intercourse minus days of condom use) |
| Feldstein Ewing SW, Ryman SG, Karoly H, Mayer AR, Ling J, Bryan AD, under review | N males = 94 N females = 38 Total N = 132 |
14–18 | At-risk | MRI | Freesurfer | Frequency of condom use; Frequency of intercourse |
| Ryman SG, Bryan AD, Thayer RE, Mayer AR, Ling J, Feldstein Ewing SW, under review | N males = 26 N females = 12 Total N = 38 |
14–18 | At-risk | MRI | Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) | Frequency of condom use; Frequency of intercourse |
| Goldenberg D, Telzer EH, Lieberman MD, Fuligni A, and Galvan A, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2013 | N males = 7 N females = 13 Total N = 20 |
15–17 | Not specified | fMRI | GoNoGo | Sexual riskiness rating (1 = condom and birth control, 2 = only condom, 3 = only birth control, 4 = withdrawal, 5 = none) |
| Hensel DJ, Hummer TA, Acrurio LR, James TW, and Fortenberry JD, Journal of Adolescent Health, 2015 | N males = 0 N females = 14 Total N = 14 |
14–15 | Adolescent primary care | fMRI | Risk decision making task assessing likelihood of: drinking the presented alcohol beverage, having sex with the presented man, eating the presented food, or purchasing presented household product | Daily diary of sexual behavior |
| Magnan RE, Callahan TJ, Ladd BO, Claus, ED, Hutchison KE, & Bryan AD, AIDS and Clinical Research, 2013 | N males = 205 N females = 79 Total N = 248 |
14–18 | At-risk | fMRI | Balloon Analogue Risk Task | Condom use; frequency of alcohol use during sex |
| Thayer, RE, Montanaro, E., Weiland, BJ, Callahan, TJ, and Bryan, AD, Current HIV Research, 2014 | N males = 175 N females = 64 Total N = 239 |
14–18 | At-risk | fcMRI | Resting state functional network connectivity in the dorsal default mode (dDMN), ventral default mode (vDMN), left executive control (LECN), and right executive control (RECN) networks | Risky sexual behavior (composite variable calculated as frequency of sex in the past 3 months multiplied by frequency of condom use (reverse coded) |