Pathways to early coital debut for adolescent girls: A recursive partitioning analysis

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Pearson, Matthew R ^a   Kholodkov, Tatyana ^a   Henson, James M ^a   Impett, Emily A ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856595062     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2011.565428     Document Type: Article

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