Are Parental Gender Role Beliefs a Predictor of Change in Sexual Communication in a Prevention Program?

Behavior Modification

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-453

  Gale Mckee, Laura ^a   Forehand, Rex ^a   Miller, Kim S ^b   Whitaker, Daniel J ^b   Long, Nicholas ^c   Armistead, Lisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

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

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender role; sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249889317     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445506298411     Document Type: Article

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