He said, she said: Gender differences in mother-adolescent conversations about sexuality

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-242

  Lefkowitz, Eva S ^a   Boone, Tanya L ^a   Sigman, Marian ^b   Au, Terry Kit Fong ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036016766     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1532-7795.00032     Document Type: Article

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