Young adolescents' perceptions of peer sexual behaviours: The role of television viewing

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-468

  Eggermont, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Center for Political Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Pubertal development; Sexual debut; Sexual experience; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21044434911     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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