"I wanted to get to know her better": Adolescent boys' dating motives, masculinity ideology, and sexual behavior

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-32

  Smiler, Andrew P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy sexuality; Masculinity ideology; Motives; Peer pressure; Romantic relationships; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; IDEOLOGY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOTIVATION; PEER PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38549142680     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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