Brief report: The influence of posttraumatic stress on unprotected sex among sexually active adolescent girls and boys involved in the child welfare system of the United States

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 835-837

  Cavanaugh, Courtenay E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child welfare system; Gender differences; Posttraumatic stress; Sexual risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UNPROTECTED SEX;

ADOLESCENTS; CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM; GENDER DIFFERENCES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS; SEXUAL RISK TAKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84880991820     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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