Gender differences in adolescent attitudes and receptivity to sexual abstinence education

Children and Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Smith, Thomas Edward ^a   Steen, Julie A ^b   Schwendinger, Andrea ^a,c   Spaulding Givens, Jennifer ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drug Resistance Strategies Project AZ   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence education; Adolescent health; Gender; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746329881     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/27.1.45     Document Type: Article

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