The importance of fathers: Contextualizing sexual risk-taking in "low-risk" African American adolescent girls

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Peterson, Shani Harris ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexuality; African American sexuality; Father daughter communication; Fathers; Female sexuality; Parent child communication; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749034030     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v15n02_19     Document Type: Article

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