Self-esteem, risky sexual behavior, and pregnancy in a New Zealand birth cohort

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-560

  Boden, Joseph M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Pregnancy; Risky sexual behavior; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33750231228     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9060-4     Document Type: Article

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