Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent communication: Maternal self-disclosure and youth risk intentions

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-215

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent risk behavior; Latino adolescents; Mother adolescent communication; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952302396     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986310361594     Document Type: Article

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