Testing Pathways Linking Exposure to Community Violence and Sexual Behaviors Among African American Youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1513-1526

  Voisin, Dexter R ^a,b   Hotton, Anna L ^c   Neilands, Torsten B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STI/HIV Intervention Network   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure to community violence; HIV risk; Pathways; Sexual behaviors; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NORMS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84889263178     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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