The process and content of sexual communication with adolescents in two- parent families: Associations with sexual risk-taking behavior

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Dutra, Robin ^a   Miller, Kim S ^b   Forehand, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Families; Parents; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0032975625     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025419519668     Document Type: Article

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