Young women's struggle for sexual agency: The role of parental messages

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-344

  Averett, Paige ^a   Benson, Mark ^b   Vaillancourt, Kourtney ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent women; Parent child relationship; Sexual agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049128695     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230802420003     Document Type: Article

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