Determinants of parental monitoring and preadolescent sexual risk situations among African American families living in urban public housing

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Baptiste, Donna R ^a   Tolou Shams, Marina ^b   Miller, Scott R ^c   McBride, Cami K ^d   Paikoff, Roberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Families; Inner city; Monitoring; Prevention; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247606522     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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