Parental expertise, trustworthiness, and accessibility: Parent-adolescent communication and adolescent risk behavior

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1229-1246

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Jaccard, James ^b   Dittus, Patricia ^c   Bouris, Alida M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent sexual contraceptive behavior; Communication; Parent adolescent relations; Sexual behavior; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750986779     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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