Friends' influence on adolescents' first sexual intercourse

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-19

  Sieving, Renee E ^a   Eisenberg, Marla E ^b   Pettingell, Sandra ^a   Skay, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ODDI SPHINCTER; PREDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COITUS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645244517     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 15386341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3801306     Document Type: Article

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