The importance of importance: Adolescents' perceptions of parental communication about sexuality

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 835-851

  Rosenthal, Doreen A ^a   Shirley Feldman, S ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0342632533     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1999.0279     Document Type: Article

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