A Latent Class Analysis of Behavioral and Psychosocial Dimensions of Adolescent Sexuality: Exploring Race Differences.
Adolescent sexuality is a multidimensional concept involving sexual behavior as well as aspects of youth’s sexual self-concept and sexual socialization. The current study used latent class analysis (LCA) to examine patterns of adolescent sexuality, with data from a nationally representative sample o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Sex Research Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 45 - 60 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2018
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