Adolescent expectancies, parent-adolescent communication and intentions to have sexual intercourse among inner-city, middle school youth

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-66

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Jaccard, James ^b   Dittus, Patricia ^c   Bouris, Alida ^a   Holloway, Ian ^a   Casillas, Eileen ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34748854944     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02879921     Document Type: Article

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