The role of objective numeracy and fluid intelligence in sex-related protective behaviors

Current HIV Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 337-346

  Dieckmann, Nathan F ^a,b   Peters, Ellen ^c   Leon, Juan ^d   Benavides, Martin ^d   Baker, David P ^e   Norris, Alison ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom Use; Decision Making; HIV AIDS; Intelligence; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECTIVE NUMERACY; SKILL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; COGNITION; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICS; PERU; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFE SEX; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONDOMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; SAFE SEX;

EID: 84922343763     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: 18734251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570162X13666150511123841     Document Type: Article

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