The role of ambiguity in sexual encounters between young people in England

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-408

  Mitchell, Kirstin ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036809561     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369105021000041043     Document Type: Article

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