Parental Influences on Adolescent Sexual Behaviors

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-470

  Rupp, Richard ^a   Rosenthal, Susan L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; ROLE PLAYING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449114102     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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