Spirituality within the family and the prevention of health risk behavior among adolescents in Bangkok, Thailand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1855-1863

  Chamratrithirong, Aphichat ^a   Miller, Brenda A ^b   Byrnes, Hilary F ^b   Rhucharoenpornpanich, Orratai ^a   Cupp, Pamela K ^b   Rosati, Michael J ^c   Fongkaew, Warunee ^d   Atwood, Katharine A ^b   Chookhare, Warunee ^e  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e CSN and Association Co Ltd   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Buddhism; Family; Health behavior; Risk behavior; Sexual behavior; Spirituality; Thailand; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL; HEALTH RISK; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BUDDHISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIRITUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THAILAND;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78049255796     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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