Knowledge and attitudes toward sexuality in adolescents and their association with the family and other factors

Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 121, 1996, Pages 179-191

  Huerta Franco, Raquel ^a   Díaz De León, Jorge ^a   Malacara, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RESOURCES; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDENT; STUDIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN RESOURCES; INFECTIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENTS; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PARENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030089994     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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