Early adolescent sexual debut: The mediating role of working memory ability, sensation seeking, and impulsivity

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1416-1428

  Khurana, Atika ^a   Romer, Daniel ^a   Betancourt, Laura M ^b   Brodsky, Nancy L ^b   Giannetta, Joan M ^b   Hurt, Hallam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Early sexual debut; Impulsivity; Sensation seeking; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872815227     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027491     Document Type: Article

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