The Role of Religiosity in the Relationship Between Parents, Peers, and Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-309

  Landor, Antoinette ^a   Simons, Leslie Gordon ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^a   Brody, Gene H ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Parenting; Peers; Religion; Risky sexual behavior; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; IOWA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; RELIGION AND SEX; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 79651473963     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9598-2     Document Type: Article

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