Beyond the "birds and the bees": Gender differences in sex-related communication among urban african-american adolescents

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-264

  Kapungu, Chisina Tsvakayi ^a   Baptiste, Donna ^a   Holmbeck, Grayson ^b   Mcbride, Cami ^c   Robinson Brown, Melissa ^d   Sturdivant, Allyse ^b   Crown, Laurel ^a   Paikoff, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Adolescents; HIV Risk Behavior; Sexual Communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954104393     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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