Parents, peers, and risky sexual behaviors in rural African American adolescents

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-93

  Young, Maureen A ^a   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

context; minority youth; peer deviance; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 79251618566     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2010.506373     Document Type: Article

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