Interpersonal and Personal Factors Influencing Sexual Debut Among Mexican-American Young Women in the United States

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-503

  Gilliam, Melissa L ^a   Berlin, Amy ^a   Kozloski, Mike ^a   Hernandez, Maida ^a   Grundy, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latina; Relationships; Sex; Sexual initiation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICAGO; COITUS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PEER GROUP;

EID: 35248879317     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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