Sexual initiation, parent practices, and acculturation in hispanic seventh graders

Journal of School Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-81

  Morales Campos, Daisy Y ^a   Markham, Christine ^b   Peskin, Melissa Fleschler ^b   Fernandez, Maria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanic; Parent child communication; Parental monitoring; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855834299     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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