Attitude mismatching: Discrepancies in the sexual attitudes of African American mothers and their pre-adolescent children

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Gound, Mary ^a   Forehand, Rex ^b   Long, Nicholas ^c   Miller, Kim S ^d   Armistead, Lisa ^e   McNair, Lily ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitude Mismatching; Discrepancies in the Sexual Attitudes

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846454027     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9114-6     Document Type: Article

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