Importance of peers and dating in the development of romantic relationships and sexual activity of young adults with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-582

  Wiegerink, Diana Jhg ^a   Roebroeck, Marij E ^b   Van Der Slot, Wilma Ma ^b   Stam, Henk J ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953927838     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03620.x     Document Type: Article

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