Association of sexual abstinence in adolescence with mental health in adulthood

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-298

  Bogart, Laura M ^a   Collins, Rebecca L ^a   Ellickson, Phyllis L ^a   Klein, David J ^a   Rand, Corporation ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OREGON; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36048935574     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490701444005     Document Type: Article

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