The moderating effect of sexual pressure on young Urban women's condom use

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-14

  Gakumo, C Ann ^a   Moneyham, Linda D ^a   Enah, Comfort C ^a   Childs, Gwendolyn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; Empowerment; Sexual coercion; Sexual empowerment; Sexual pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855303356     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20465     Document Type: Article

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