The impact of family structure and social change on adolescent sexual behavior

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 369-400

  Rossi, Alice S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; JUVENILE; MARRIAGE; MATE SELECTION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; MARRIAGE; MATE SELECTION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031290215     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-7409(97)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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