Gender differences in adolescent risk taking: Are they diminishing?: An australian intergenerational study

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-154

  Abbott Chapman, Joan ^a   Denholm, Carey ^a   Wyld, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Context; Gender; Parents; Risk taking; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649103486     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X07309206     Document Type: Article

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