Parenting dimensions and adolescent sexual initiation: Using self-esteem, academic aspiration, and substance use as mediators

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-314

  Slicker, Ellen K ^a   Patton, Melanie ^b   Fuller, Dana K ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 23344450546     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367626042000268935     Document Type: Article

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