'Let's talk about sex, baby': Sexual communication in marriage in contemporary vietnam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 19-29

  Huong, Bui Thu ^a  

^a Academy of Journalism and Communication   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Gender; Intimacy; Marriage; Sexual communication; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 77953637329     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903072025     Document Type: Article

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