The relationship between female adolescent self-esteem, decision making, and contraceptive behavior

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 614-623

  Commendador, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent contraception; Adolescent decision making; Adolescent self esteem; Flinders adolescent decision making questionnaire; Rosenberg's self esteem scale

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35548950996     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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