Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent sexuality: Closeness, communication, and comfort among diverse U.S. adolescent samples

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-460

  Somers, Cheryl L ^a   Vollmar, Whitney L ^b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utica Community Schools   (United States)

^c Utica Community Schools   (United States)

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EID: 33646696137     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.4.451     Document Type: Article

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