Feeling Good in Your Own Skin: The Influence of Complimentary Sexual Stereotypes on Risky Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors in a Community Sample of African American Women

Women and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Duvall, Jamieson L ^a   Oser, Carrie B ^a   Mooney, Jenny ^b   Staton Tindall, Michele ^a   Havens, Jennifer R ^a   Leukefeld, Carl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; HIV risk; sexuality; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875909813     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.750260     Document Type: Article

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