Teenagers who think that their mums would be horrified at them having sex tend to put it off till later, Helen Gavaghan reports.
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Seiving,R. E., McNeely C. S. & Blum, R.s W. Maternal Expectations, Mother-Child Connectedness, and Adolescent Sexual Debut. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 154, 2000.
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Gavaghan, H. Mother knows best. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000907-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000907-3