A longitudinal study of the reciprocal nature of risk behaviors and cognitions in adolescents: What you do shapes what you think, and vice versa

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 344-354

  Gerrard, Meg ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^a   Benthin, Alida C ^a   Hessling, Robert M ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health cognitions; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030226109     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.5.344     Document Type: Article

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