Early Childhood Maltreatment and Girls' Sexual Behavior: The Mediating Role of Pubertal Timing

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 342-347

  Ryan, Rebecca M ^a   Mendle, Jane ^b   Markowitz, Anna J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Pubertal timing; Sexual abuse; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD; EARLY CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COITUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; TIME FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PUBERTY; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939603994     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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