Smart teens don't have sex (or kiss much either)

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 213-225

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Joyner, Kara ^b   Udry, J Richard ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Intelligence; Longitudinal; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; HIGH SCHOOL; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATURITY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033976308     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1054-139x(99)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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