To be seen and not heard: Femininity ideology and adolescent girls' sexual health

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-144

  Impett, Emily A ^a   Schooler, Deborah ^a   Tolman, Deborah L ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Femininity ideology; Sexual health; Sexual risk taking; Sexual self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDEOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEW ENGLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745015594     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-9016-0     Document Type: Article

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