Mexican-American adolescents' responsiveness to their mothers' questions about dating and sexuality

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-522

  Romo, Laura F ^a   Nadeem, Erum ^b   Au, Terry K ^c   Sigman, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dating; Gender differences; Latina mothers; Latino families; Parent child communication; Question asking; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 7444226858     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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