On early starters and late bloomers: The development of sexual behavior in adolescence across personality types

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 754-764

  Baams, Laura ^a   Overbeek, Geertjan ^a   Dubas, Judith Semon ^a   Van Aken, Marcel A G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903907772     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2013.802758     Document Type: Article

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