Sexual risk-taking behaviors, gambling, and heavy drinking among U.S. college athletes

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 706-713

  Huang, Jiun Hau ^a,b   Jacobs, Durand F ^c   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

College athletes; Gambling; Gender; Heavy episodic drinking; Multiple sex partners; Unprotected sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ATHLETES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952097162     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9521-7     Document Type: Article

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