Transitions in body and behavior: A meta-analytic study on the relationship between pubertal development and adolescent sexual behavior

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 586-598

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Meta analysis; Pubertal status; Pubertal timing; Sexual behavior; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930364556     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.11.019     Document Type: Review

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