Demographic and Psychological Predictors of Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sex: A Representative Statewide Analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1164-1174

  Jerman, Petra ^a   Constantine, Norman A ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic predictors; Parent adolescent communication; Psychological predictors; Representative sample; Sex education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955335005     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9546-1     Document Type: Article

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