Is the web the culprit? Cognitive escape and Internet sexual risk among gay and bisexual men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-160

  McKirnan, David ^a   Houston, Eric ^a   Tolou Shams, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive escape; Internet; Men who have sex with men; Sexual risk; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; COGNITION; ESCAPE REACTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33846463465     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9084-8     Document Type: Article

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