Sexual discounting among high-risk youth ages 18-24: Implications for sexual and substance use risk behaviors

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-58

  Dariotis, Jacinda K ^a,c   Johnson, Matthew W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional regulation; High risk youth; Sexual delay discounting; Sexual health; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE USE; UNPROTECTED SEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925744404     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038399     Document Type: Article

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