Understanding HIV risk among African American adolescents: The role of africentric values and ethnic identity in the theory of planned behavior

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-117

  Townsend, Tiffany G ^a   Grange, Christina ^b   Belgrave, Faye Z ^b   Wilson, Karen D ^b   Fitzgerald, Angela ^b   Owens, Kristal ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Progressive Life Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Africentric values; Ethnic identity; HIV risk; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248671115     PISSN: 01604341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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