Adolescent men's attitudes and decision-making in relation to an unplanned pregnancy. Responses to an interactive video drama

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1507-1514

  Lohan, Maria ^a   Cruise, Sharon ^a   O'Halloran, Peter ^a   Alderdice, Fiona ^a   Hyde, Abbey ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescent men; Adoption; Logistic regression; Masculinities; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOPTION; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LITERATURE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; DRAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

IRELAND;

EID: 79955520894     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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