Predictors of intention to practice safer sex among Korean college students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-651

  Cha, Eun Seok ^a   Kim, Kevin H ^b   Patrick, Thelma E ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean college students; Safe sex model; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KOREA; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; KOREA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SAFE SEX; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 45749121486     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9187-y     Document Type: Article

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