Biobehavioural and cognitive determinants of adolescent girls' involvement in sexual risk behaviours: A test of three theoretical models

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-43

  Tremblay, Line ^a   Frigon, Jean Yves ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Girls; Problem Behavior Theory; Puberty; Sexual risk behaviour; Theory of Reasoned Action

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION; THEORY OF REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 7644230114     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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