Does the Effect of Exposure to TV Sex on Adolescent Sexual Behavior Vary by Genre?

Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-95

  Gottfried, Jeffrey A ^a   Vaala, Sarah E ^a   Bleakley, Amy ^a   Hennessy, Michael ^a   Jordan, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; integrated model of behavioral prediction; sexual behavior; television; television genres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872044254     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211415399     Document Type: Article

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