The gift of agency: Sexual exchange scripts among Nigerian youth

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-359

  Barnett, Jessica Penwell ^a   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NIGERIA; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79957611481     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2010.499523     Document Type: Article

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