Associations between stress reactivity and sexual and nonsexual risk taking in young adult human males

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-398

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a,d   Campbell, Benjamin ^b   Agnew, Christopher R ^c   Thompson, Vaida ^a   Richard Udry, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cortisol; Problem behavior; Reactivity; Risk taking; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEFT;

EID: 0036939078     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1831     Document Type: Article

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