Propensity Scoring and the Relationship Between Sexual Media and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Comment on Steinberg and Monahan (2011)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 577-579

  Collins, Rebecca L ^a   Martino, Steven C ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Media effects; Sexual behavior; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NOTE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952602235     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022564     Document Type: Note

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