Early Predictors of Sexually Intimate Behaviors in an Urban Sample of Young Girls

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-378

  Hipwell, Alison E ^a   Keenan, Kate ^b   Loeber, Rolf ^a   Battista, Deena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

girls; parenting; peers; problem behaviors; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77949439555     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018409     Document Type: Article

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