Cognitive Strategies Affecting Recall of Sexual Behavior Among High-Risk Men and Women

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 787-793

  Bogart, Laura M ^a   Walt, Lisa C ^b   Pavlovic, Jelena D ^b   Ober, Allison J ^a   Brown, Norman ^c   Kalichman, Seth C ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive strategies; memory; recall; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CUES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36348937223     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.6.787     Document Type: Article

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