Sexually abstinent African American adolescent females' descriptions of abstinence

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Haglund, Kristin ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Sexual abstinence; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0642318105     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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