Rethinking the Associations between Television Viewing and Adolescent Sexuality Development: Bringing Gender into Focus

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84.e9-84.e16

  Tolman, Deborah L ^a   Kim, Janna L ^a   Schooler, Deborah ^a   Sorsoli, C Lynn ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual health; Gender; Media effects; Sexual behavior; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845494705     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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