Expected versus actual responses to disclosure in relationships of HIV‐positive African American adolescent females

Communication Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-317

  Greene, Kathryn ^a   Faulkner, Sandra L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; AIDS; Boundary; Disclosure; HIV; Privacy; Reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444291482     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970209388595     Document Type: Article

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