Stages of sexual readiness and six-month stage progression among African American pre-teens

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 378-386

  Butler, Terry H ^a   Miller, Kim S ^a   Holtgrave, David R ^b   Forehand, Rex ^c   Long, Nicholas ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL READINESS; THINKING; TIME; TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845926846     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490609552337     Document Type: Article

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