Mothers' influence on the timing of first sex among 14- and 15-year-olds

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 256-265

  Mcneely, Clea ^a   Shew, Marcia L ^b   Beuhring, Trisha ^a   Sieving, Renee ^a   Miller, Brent C ^c   Blum, Robert W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender differences; Mother adolescent relationship; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036754539     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00350-6     Document Type: Article

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