Risky Sexual Behavior: A Race-specific Social Consequence of Obesity

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-52

  Leech, Tamara G J ^a   Dias, Janice Johnson ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Consequences of obesity; Obesity; Obesity stigma; Risky sexual behavior; Weight based stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84155195786     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9670-6     Document Type: Article

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