Sexual milestones and factors associated with coitus initiation among israeli high school students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-604

  Shtarkshall, Ronny A ^a,b   Carmel, Sara ^c   Jaffe Hirschfield, Dena ^a   Woloski Wruble, Anna ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coital debut; Gender differences; Israel; Sexual behavior; Stages of sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COITUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; EDUCATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 67651154346     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9418-x     Document Type: Article

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