Factorial validation of the attitudes toward women scale for adolescents (AWSA) in assessing sexual behaviour patterns in Bolivian and Ecuadorian adolescents

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jaruseviciene, Lina ^a   De Meyer, Sara ^b   Decat, Peter ^b   Zaborskis, Apolinaras ^a   Degomme, Olivier ^b   Rojas, Mildrett ^c   Hagens, Salazar Arnold ^c   Auquilla, Nancy ^d   Vega, Bernardo ^d   Gorter, Anna C ^e   Orozco, Miguel ^f   Lazarus, Jeffrey V ^g  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c South Group (SG)   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^e Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud   (Nicaragua)

^f Ctro Invest y Estud de la Salud   (Nicaragua)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraceptive use; Gender attitudes; Latin america; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOLIVIA; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECUADOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER ATTITUDES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; GENDER ATTITUDES; LATIN AMERICA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BOLIVIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894045790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23126     Document Type: Article

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