Sexual self-concept and intended sexual behavior of young adolescent taiwanese girls

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-440

  Pai, Hsiang Chu ^a,b   Lee, Sheuan ^a   Chang, Ting ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MIN HWEI COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^c TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; self concept; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649272597     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181fa4d48     Document Type: Article

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