Predictors of initiation of early sex in Black and White adolescent females

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-67

  Felton, Gwen M ^a   Bartoces, Monina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early sex; Females; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0036364152     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19008.x     Document Type: Article

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