Psychosocial predictors of sexual initiation and high-risk sexual behaviors in early adolescence

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Caminis, Argyro ^a   Henrich, Christopher ^b   Ruchkin, Vladislav ^c   Schwab Stone, Mary ^d   Martin, Andrés ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149114222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-1-14     Document Type: Article

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