A youth development approach to profiling sexual abstinence

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Oman, Roy F ^a   Vesely, Sara K ^a   Kegler, Michelle ^c   McLeroy, Kenneth ^d   Aspy, Cheryl B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Positive youth development; Sexual abstinence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUTH DEVELOPMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141687218     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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