Psychosocial predictors of adolescent sexual behavior

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 923-926

  Lakshmi, P V M ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Psychosocial; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36949008099     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0170-3     Document Type: Article

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