Predictors of sexual abstinence behaviour in Taiwanese adolescents: A longitudinal application of the transtheoretical model

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1010-1017

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

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Nurses; Nursing; Sexual abstinence behaviour; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 61849179124     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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