Effects of a peer-led media literacy curriculum on adolescents' knowledge and attitudes toward sexual behavior and media portrayals of sex

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-472

  Pinkleton, Bruce E ^a   Austin, Erica Weintraub ^a   Cohen, Marilyn ^b   Chen, Yi Chun ^c   Fitzgerald, Erin ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROL GROUPS; CURRICULUM; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849111563     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802342135     Document Type: Article

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