Relation between perceived vulnerability to HIV and precautionary sexual behavior

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 390-409

  Gerrard, Meg ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES;

HIV; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030138026     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.119.3.390     Document Type: Article

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