Teacher-student interactions and attachment states of mind as predictors of early romantic involvement and risky sexual behaviors

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-303

  Kobak, Roger ^a   Herres, Joanna ^a   Gaskins, Clare ^a   Laurenceau, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

early romantic involvement; gender differences; sexual risk behavior; states of mind; student teacher relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOVE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOVE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860826968     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.672282     Document Type: Article

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