Correlates of the intention to remain sexually inactive among male adolescents in an Islamic country: Case of the republic of Iran

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Mohtasham, Ghaffari ^a   Shamsaddin, Niknami ^a   Bazargan, Mohsen ^b   Anosheravan, Kazemnejad ^a   Elaheh, Mirzaee ^a   Fazlolah, Ghofranipour ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV education; International health; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAN; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RELIGION AND SEX; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60249094854     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.0396.x     Document Type: Article

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