Reborn a Virgin: Adolescents’ Retracting of Virginity Pledges and Sexual Histories
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Reborn a virgin: adolescents' retracting of virginity pledges and sexual histories.
OBJECTIVES We examined retractions of virginity pledges and of sexual histories among adolescents taking part in waves 1 and 2 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. METHODS Logistic regression analyses were used to compare respondents' reports of virginity pledges and sexual histories at waves 1 and 2.Results. Among wave 1 virginity pledgers, 53% denied having made a pledge...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2005.063305