Parent-child interaction during adolescence, and the adolescent's sexual experience: Control, closeness, and conflict

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-398

  Taris, Toon W ^a   Semin, Gün R ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; LOGISTIC MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHERS; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031283063     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024560820286     Document Type: Article

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