Parents' reports of sexual communication with children in kindergarten to grade 8

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-96

  Byers, E Sandra ^a   Sears, Heather A ^a   Weaver, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Parent adolescent relations; Parent child relations; Sexual attitudes; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649087633     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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