Abstinence among female adolescents: Do parents matter above and beyond the influence of peers?

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Maguen, Shira ^a   Armistead, Lisa ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Parents; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE;

EID: 33744990801     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.260     Document Type: Article

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