Adolescent sexuality and parent-adolescent processes: Promoting healthy teen choices

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-154

  Meschke, Laurie L ^a   Bartholomae, Suzanne ^a   Zentall, Shannon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Intervention; Parents; Programming; Sexuality; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164101     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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