Dating and sexual attitudes in Asian-American adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-113

  Lau, May ^a,e   Markham, Christine ^b   Lin, Hua ^c   Flores, Glenn ^a   Chacko, Mariam R ^d  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescent; Asian Americans; Dating; Sexual attitudes; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149121479     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558408328439     Document Type: Article

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