Why does early sexual intercourse predict subsequent maladjustment? Exploring potential familial confounds

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-189

  Donahue, Kelly L ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Långström, Niklas ^b   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavior genetics; Sex education programs; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; CRIMINALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880989716     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028922     Document Type: Article

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