Sexual development as a Complex Dynamic System

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Sexual development as a Complex Dynamic
System Theoretical framework of a (healthy)
(pre) sexual development of youth and adolescents

We define healthy sexual development as
development leading to a state characterized by a
full range of sexual and sex-related behaviors in
a consensual, pleasurable and empowering
relationship with others
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The SDDS-model (Sexual Development Dynamic
System- Model)
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Short-term
Long-term
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Subjects
CH1 Cohort 1 (Bovenbouw Basisschool Groep
6/7/8) CH2 Cohort 2 (Brugklas/ 2de klas
voortgezet Onderwijs) CH3 Cohort 3 (3de/ 4de
klas Voortgezet Onderwijs) CH4 Cohort 4 (5de/
6de klas Voortgezet Onderwijs plus eerste en
tweede klas MBO en eerste klas HBO)
Schools are recruited in the northern provinces
Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe
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Design
Questionnaire 1 Adjusted questionnaire 3 and 5
Cross sectional study (525 per cohort)
/- 350 Subjects Diary-studie
Questionnaire 1 ( Hyves profile) Adjusted
questionnaire 3 /5 Personal diaries 2/4/6
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The SDDS-model Short-Term (Agent Based model)
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In relation with opportunities
Concern
Characteristics interacted
Complementary Mutually competitive
(1) Biological and brain maturation/gender
etc. (23) Education/ upbringing/values ,
information retrieval etc
Concern
Concern
Actual Concern
Like behavior, social power, skills, influences
etc.
Iterativeness
Emerge in interaction
Tools
Characteristics Subject (1) Biological (2)
Social (3) Cultural
Individual Sub-components (1) Representations (2)
Value
Subject
Peers
Transactional Interactions
-Emotions -Behaviours
Evaluations
Processes of influences Social Contagion Role
Modelling Social Evaluation Etc.
(1) Trough emotional appraisals, marked by
emotional expressions
(Self-organizing) Emergence
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Diary study (digital)
Concern
Characteristics interacted Social contagion
Complementary Mutually competitive
Concern
Concern
Actual Concern
Iterativeness
Emerge in interaction
Tools
Characteristics Subject (1) Biological (2)
Social (3) Cultural
Individual Sub-components (1) Representations (2)
Value
Subject
Peers
Transactional Interactions
-Emotions -Behaviours
Evaluations
Processes of influences Social Contagion Role
Modelling Social Evaluation Etc.
(Self-organizing) Emergence
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Cross-sectional Questionnaire (digital)
Concern
Characteristics interacted Social contagion
Complementary Mutually competitive
Concern
Concern
Actual Concern
Iterativeness
Emerge in interaction
Tools
Characteristics Subject (1) Biological (2)
Social (3) Cultural
Individual Sub-components (1) Representations (2)
Value
Subject
Peers
Transactional Interactions
-Emotions -Behaviours
Evaluations
Processes of influences Social Contagion Role
Modelling Social Evaluation Etc.
(Self-organizing) Emergence
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CSS-Questionnaire
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(PCG Personal CharacteristicGeneral ) PCB
Peronal CharacteristicBiological PCS Personal
CharacteristicSocial PCC Personal
CharacteristicCultural
Excel
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Excel
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From short-term to long-term development
Time

T R AJEC T O R I E S
M E C H A N I S M
Desire Reinforcement Information retrieval


Long- term State-space grid model
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The SDDS-model Long-Term (State-space-grid)
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(3x3) x 6etc.
Hypothesis
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Hypothesis 1
healthy and satisfactory trajectory of sexual
development
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Hypothesis 2
having risky, problematic or unsatisfactory
sexual development