Assessing Reliability of Early Adolescent Girls' Reports of Romantic and Sexual Behavior

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 513-521

  Hearn, Kimberly D ^a   O'Sullivan, Lucia F ^a   Dudley, Cheryl D ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Reliability; Romantic behavior; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0346429179     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026033426547     Document Type: Article

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