Cross-Cultural Variations in Adolescents’ Perceived Maternal Expectancy and Sexual Initiation

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Kao, Tsui Sui Annie ^a   Guthrie, Barbara ^b   Loveland Cherry, Carol ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Asian American and Pacific Islanders; Caucasian American; Hispanic American

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866748824     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612452669     Document Type: Article

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