The impact of self-components on attitudes toward sex among African American preadolescent girls: The moderating role of menarche

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-20

  Townsend, Tiffany G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; attitudes toward sex; ethnic identity; gender roles; menarche

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036403624     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020675518819     Document Type: Article

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