Do Family and Parenting Factors in Adolescence Influence Condom Use in Early Adulthood in a Multiethnic Sample of Young Adults?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1503-1518

  Gillmore, Mary Rogers ^a   Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^b   Haas, Steven A ^c   Kopak, Albert M ^d   Robillard, Alyssa G ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Condom use; Family factors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SAFE SEX; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053917856     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9631-0     Document Type: Article

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