Sexy media matter: Exposure to sexual content in music, movies, television, and magazines predicts black and white adolescents' sexual behavior

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1018-1027

  Brown, Jane D ^a   L'Engle, Kelly Ladin ^a   Pardun, Carol J ^a   Guo, Guang ^b   Kenneavy, Kristin ^b   Jackson, Christine ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mass media; Racial differences; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TELEVISION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646359193     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1406     Document Type: Article

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