Young women's sexuality as a function of perceptions of maternal sexual communication during childhood

Journal of Sex Education and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 33-38

  Barone, Natalie M ^a   Wiederman, Michael W ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031400450     PISSN: 01614576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614576.1997.11074191     Document Type: Article

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