Health beliefs as predictors of hiv-preventive behavior and ethnic differences in prediction

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-110

  Steers, W Neil ^a   Elliott, Eryn ^a   Nemiro, Jill ^a   Ditman, David ^a   Oskamp, Stuart ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030075039     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1996.9923032     Document Type: Article

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