The sexual double standard in African American adolescent women's sexual risk reduction socialization

Women and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Fasula, Amy M ^a   Miller, Kim S ^b   Wiener, Jeffrey ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescent; African American; Agender; Sexual risk reduction; Sexual socialization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37749029431     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v46n02_02     Document Type: Article

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