Mother-daughter communication about sex and sexual intercourse among middle- to upper-class African American girls

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 901-917

  Usher Seriki, Kimberly K ^a   Bynum, Mia Smith ^a,b   Callands, Tamora A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Mother child relations; Parent child communication; Parenting; Psychosexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649124770     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07311951     Document Type: Article

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