Exploring the Link Between Caregiver Affect and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Does Neighborhood Disadvantage Matter?

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-149

  Gardner, Margo ^a   Martin, Anne ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84857153773     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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