Premature Dissemination of Advice Undermines Our Credibility as Scientists: Reply to Brown (2011) and to Collins, Martino, and Elliott (2011)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 582-584

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a   Monahan, Kathryn C ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Intercourse; Mass media; Sexual debut

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952599397     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022562     Document Type: Note

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