Friends with benefits or "friends" with deficits? The meaning and contexts of uncommitted sexual relationships among Mexican American and European American adolescents

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1110-1117

  Williams, Lela Rankin ^a   Adams, Heidi L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Education; Gender; Mexican American; Qualitative; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878457356     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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