Open AccessGrowth Trajectories of Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Author(s) -
Stevenson Fergus,
Marc A. Zimmerman,
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.074609
Subject(s) - young adult , ethnic group , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , sexual behavior , multilevel model , african american , medicine , ethnology , pathology , machine learning , sociology , anthropology , computer science , history
Adolescence and young adulthood (ages 18-25 years) are periods of development and change, which include experimentation with and adoption of new roles and behaviors. We investigated longitudinal trajectories of sexual risk behaviors across these time periods and how these trajectories may be different for varying demographic groups.