Parents, peers and pornography: The influence of formative sexual scripts on adult HIV sexual risk behaviour among Black men in the USA

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 863-877

  Hussen, Sophia A ^a   Bowleg, Lisa ^b   Sangaramoorthy, Thurka ^c   Malebranche, David J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; HIV AIDS; men; risk; sexual behaviour; sexual scripts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EROTICA; FAMILY RELATIONS; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866452670     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.703327     Document Type: Article

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