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Peer reviewedLauritsen, Janet L. – Social Forces, 1994
Longitudinal data from the National Youth Survey indicate that, in general, social control variables, such as attachment to family and educational aspirations, significantly predicted sexual activity among white adolescents, while strain variables, such as perceived inability to achieve educational goals, predicted sexual behavior of black…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Expectation
