Negative urgency and risky sexual behaviors: A clarification of the relationship between impulsivity and risky sexual behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 674-678

  Deckman, Timothy ^a   Nathan DeWall, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Risky sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960423712     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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