The effects of sexism, psychological distress, and difficult sexual situations on U.S. women's sexual risk behaviors

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-411

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a   Bowleg, Lisa ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054813930     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.5.397     Document Type: Article

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