When two isn't better than one: Predictors of early sexual activity in adolescence using a cumulative risk model

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1059-1071

  Price, Myeshia N ^a   Hyde, Janet Shibley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Early sexual behaviors; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

EID: 70349761688     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9351-2     Document Type: Article

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