African American adolescents and new media: Associations with HIV/STI risk behavior and psychosocial variables

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-222

  Whiteley, Laura B ^a   Brown, Larry K ^a   Swenson, Rebecca R ^a   Romer, Daniel ^b   DiClemente, Ralph J P ^c   Salazar, Laura F ^c   Vanable, Peter A ^d   Carey, Michael P ^d   Valois, Robert F ^e  

^a Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american adolescents; Hiv sti risk; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AGE; ETHNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053325388     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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