Family cohesion and romantic and sexual initiation: A three wave longitudinal study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-592

  de Graaf, Hanneke ^a   van de Schoot, Rens ^b   Woertman, Liesbeth ^b   Hawk, Skyler T ^b   Meeus, Wim ^b  

^a Rutgers Nisso Group   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behavior; Family relations; Longitudinal; Parent adolescent relations; Romantic involvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COITUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; COITUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859645322     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9708-9     Document Type: Article

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