Early sexual initiation: The role of peer norms

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1185-1192

  Kinsman, Sara B ^a   Romer, Daniel ^b   Furstenberg, Frank F ^b   Schwarz, Donald F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Peer group; Risk taking; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031789211     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.5.1185     Document Type: Article

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