Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 271-278 , April 2005

After the promise: The STD consequences of adolescent virginity pledges

  • Hannah Brückner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Hannah Brückner, Department of Sociology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208265, New Haven, CT 06520-8265.
    • ,
  • Peter Bearman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, New York, New York

Received 6 September 2004 ,Accepted 14 January 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00055-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 271-278 , April 2005

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