Sexual behavior, Sexual knowledge, and sexual attitudes of emerging adult women: Implications for working with families

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-322

  Byno, Lucy H ^a   Mullis, Ronald L ^a   Mullis, Ann K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adult women; Families; Sexual attitudes; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956351668     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522150903030162     Document Type: Article

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