Parenting and adolescents' sexual initiation

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 969-982

  Longmore, Monica A ^a   Eng, Abbey L ^a   Giordano, Peggy C ^a   Manning, Wendy D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent dating; Parenting; Sexual debut

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350518517     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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