Timing of parent and child communication about sexuality relative to children's sexual behaviors

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Beckett, Megan K ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Martino, Steven ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a   Corona, Rosalie ^b   Klein, David J ^c   Schuster, Mark A ^a,c,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Parents; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049104535     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0806     Document Type: Article

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