A causal model of contraceptive intention and its gender comparison among Taiwanese sexually inexperienced adolescents

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 930-939

  Wang, Ruey Hsia ^a   Cheng, Chung Ping ^b   Chou, Fan Hao ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Causal model; Contraceptive intention; Nurses; Nursing; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 40449114955     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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