It's better on TV: Does television set teenagers Up for regret following sexual tnitiation?

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-100

  Martino, Steven C ^a   Collins, Rebecca L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a   Berry, Sandra H ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COITUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650221308     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4109209     Document Type: Article

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