Sexual Values Among Latino Youth: Measurement Development Using a Culturally Based Approach

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-146

  Deardorff, Julianna ^a   Tschann, Jeanne M ^b   Flores, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; Latino; measurement; sexuality; values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 43049176241     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.138     Document Type: Article

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