Session 85:
The Association Between Body Weight, Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Chair: Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Nan M. Astone, Johns Hopkins University
Racial Differences in the Influence of Female Adolescents’ Body Size on Dating and Sex • Mir Ali, University of Toledo ; Frank Heiland, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Adolescent Girl’s Weight and High School Fertility: The Role of School Context • Jennifer Buher Kane, Pennsylvania State University ; Michelle Frisco, Pennsylvania State University
Early Pubertal Timing, Race, and Girls’ Orientation to Sex and Romance in Adolescence • Kimberly A. Daniels, University of Texas at Austin ; Shannon E. Cavanagh, University of Texas at Austin
The Effect of Body Weight on Adolescent Sexual Activity • Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado at Denver
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