Adolescent premarital sex and health outcomes among Taiwanese youth: Perception of best friends' sexual behavior and the contextual effect

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1083-1092

  Chiao, Chi ^a   Yi, Chin Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adolescent premarital sex; health status; never married youth; peer influence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052110792     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.555737     Document Type: Article

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