Individual, familial, friends-related and contextual predictors of early sexual intercourse

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Boislard P , Marie Aude ^a   Poulin, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CANADA; COITUS; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79951942212     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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