Parental influences of sexual risk among urban African American adolescent males

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-150

  Harris, Allyssa L ^a   Sutherland, Melissa A ^a   Hutchinson, M Katherine ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American male adolescents; Parent child sexual communication; Sexual risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878802393     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12016     Document Type: Article

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