Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Intercourse: An Analysis of Maternal Reluctance to Communicate

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 760-769

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Jaccard, James ^b   Dittus, Patricia ^c   Collins, Sarah ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent pregnancy prevention; adolescent sexual risk behavior; adolescent sexual risk reduction; parent adolescent communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57749106779     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013833     Document Type: Article

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