Talking to daddy's little girl about sex: Daughters' reports of sexual communication and support from fathers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 550-572

  Hutchinson, M Katherine ^a   Cederbaum, Julie A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; content analysis; fathers; parent child communication; sexual socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952088441     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10384222     Document Type: Article

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