Adolescents’ Emotions Prior to Sexual Activity and Associations with Sexual Risk Factors

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1615-1623

  Houck, Christopher ^a   Swenson, Rebecca ^a   Donenberg, Geri ^b   Papino, Andrew ^a   Emerson, Erin ^b   Brown, Larry K ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emotions; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COITUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COITUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893965815     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0716-0     Document Type: Article

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