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The influence of family communication on the college‐aged child: Openness, attitudes and actions about sex and alcohol

Melanie Booth‐Butterfield Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506
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Robert Sidelinger Instructor, Department of Speech and Mass Communication, Towson State University, Towson, MD, 21204
Pages 295-308 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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