The moderating influence of mother-adolescent discussion on early and middle African-American adolescent sexual behavior

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Diiorio, Colleen ^a   McCarty, Frances ^a   Denzmore, Pamela ^a   Landis, Andrea ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV prevention; Sex based communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247228050     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20193     Document Type: Article

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