Mother and adolescent knowledge of sexual development: The effects of gender, age, and sexual experience

Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 121, 1996, Pages 34-47

  Hockenberry Eaton, Marilyn ^a   Richman, Mary Jane ^a   Dilorio, Colleen ^a   Rivero, Teresa ^a,b   Maibach, Edward ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030089986     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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