Sexual resourcefulness and the impact of family, sex education, media and peers

Sex Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-368

  Kennett, Deborah J ^a   Humphreys, Terry P ^a   Schultz, Kristen E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

media; sexual resourcefulness; sexual self efficacy; unwanted sexual advances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862279670     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2011.615624     Document Type: Article

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