Predicting willingness to engage in unsafe sex and intention to perform sexual protective behaviors among adolescents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 686-699

  Myklestad, Ingri ^a   Rise, Jostein ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraceptive behavior; Moral norm; Prototypes Willingness model; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34547157997     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106289571     Document Type: Article

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