Religiosity, spirituality, and adolescent sexuality

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-483

  Cotton, Sian ^a   Berry, Devon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RELIGION AND SEX; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449115578     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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