Youth assets and sexual risk behavior: Differences between male and female adolescents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-356

  Mueller, Trisha ^a   Gavin, Lorrie ^a   Oman, Roy ^b   Vesely, Sara ^b   Aspy, Cheryl ^b   Tolma, Eleni ^b   Rodine, Sharon ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Sex differences; Sexual behavior; Youth assets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77952950024     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109344689     Document Type: Article

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