Self-esteem, gender, and alcohol use: Relationships with HIV risk perception and behaviors in college students

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  McNair, Lily D ^a   Carter, James A ^a   Williams, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS; SELF-PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031975385     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926239808414666     Document Type: Article

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