Body evaluation and coital onset: A population-based longitudinal study

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-118

  Kvalem, Ingela Lundin ^a   von Soest, Tilmann ^b   Træen, Bente ^c   Singsaas, Kjetil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body evaluation; Coital onset; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79953056600     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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