Beyond the “Birds and the Bees”: Gender Differences in Sex‐Related Communication Among Urban African‐American Adolescents

Chisina Tsvakayi Kapungu; Donna Baptiste; Grayson Holmbeck; Cami Mcbride; Melissa Robinson-Brown; Allyse Sturdivant; Laurel Crown; Roberta Paikoff

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01321.x

Beyond the “Birds and the Bees”: Gender Differences in Sex‐Related Communication Among Urban African‐American Adolescents

Chisina Tsvakayi Kapungu, Donna Baptiste, Grayson Holmbeck, Cami Mcbride, Melissa Robinson-Brown, Allyse Sturdivant, Laurel Crown, Roberta Paikoff

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Original language	American English
Journal	Family Process
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01321.x
State	Published - Jan 6 2010

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