Father-Daughter Communication About Sex Moderates the Association Between Exposure to MTV's 16 and Pregnant/Teen Mom and Female Students' Pregnancy-Risk Behavior

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-66

  Wright, Paul J ^a   Randall, Ashley K ^b   Arroyo, Analisa ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

16 and Pregnant; Family communication; MTV; Pregnancy risk; Sexual communication; Sexual socialization; Teen mom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873524006     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-012-9137-2     Document Type: Article

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