Risky sexual behaviors in first and second generation hispanic immigrant youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 719-731

  Trejos Castillo, Elizabeth ^a   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Family processes; Generational groups; Latino immigrant youth; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 63049131804     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9369-5     Document Type: Article

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