Acculturation-related variables, sexual initiation, and subsequent sexual behavior among Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Cuban youth

Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-95

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Jaccard, James ^b,c   Pena, Juan ^a   Goldberg, Vincent ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; HIV risk behavior; Latino youth; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CUBA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERTO RICO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144255028     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.1.88     Document Type: Article

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