Risk Taking as a Predictor of Adolescent Sexual Activity and Use of Contraception

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 1988, Pages 317-331

  White, Helene Raskin ^a   Johnson, Valerie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CHOSEN; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CHOSEN; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024184745     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074355488833007     Document Type: Article

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