Uncertain identities and health-risking behaviour: The case of young people and smoking in late modernity

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 157-177

  Denscombe, Martyn ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Late modernity; Risk taking; Self identity; Smoking; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0035291317     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310020023082     Document Type: Article

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