Depressive symptoms as a longitudinal predictor of sexual risk behaviors among US middle and high school students

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-200

  Lehrer, Jocelyn A ^a,d   Shrier, Lydia A ^b   Gortmaker, Steven ^c   Buka, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Depressive symptoms; HIV; Sexual behavior; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746809139     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1320     Document Type: Article

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