Family-related allocentrism and HIV risk behavior in Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 690-701

  Realo, Anu ^a   Goodwin, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocentric attitudes; HIV risk behavior; Perceived vulnerability to HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242381769     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103257036     Document Type: Article

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