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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Risky sexual behaviors"”.
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Locus of Control: A Predictor of Risky Sexual Behaviors
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Understanding the risky sexual behaviors of study abroad students
… and individual characteristics on predicting risky sexual behaviors of study abroad students. This study utilized a two-stage, qualitative and quantitative methodological framework. First, focus groups with previous study abroad students were held in order to gather data that informed the …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
… need formal guidance and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Previous literature has shown that …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
… need formal guidance and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Previous literature has shown that …
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Depressive Symptoms and Distress Tolerance: Associations with Risky Sexual Behaviors
Risky sexual behaviors (RSB) are a significant public health concern in the United States. Better understanding factors related to RSB has important implications for the prevention of such behaviors and the alleviation of the corresponding public health burden. Depressive symptomatology has …
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Exploring linear and circular relationships between academic performance and risky sexual behaviors of college students
Sexual health is a continuous concern of college and university administrators across the country. The purpose of this study was to explore the linear and circular relationship between academic performance, risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases. While these relationships have …
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Determinants of risky sexual behaviors of Kenyan immigrant men in the US and during visits in Kenya
… sex partners differ between Kenya and the US, 4) Sexual behaviors with casual partners differ between Kenya and the US, 5)Age affects risky sexual behaviors in the US, 6) Age affects risky sexual behaviors during visits in Kenya, 7) Income affects risky sexual behaviors in the US, 8) Income …
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"SOCIOCULTURAL PREDICTORS OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS: 1 THE ROLE OF NATIVITY STATUS, RACE, ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSTRUAL"
… shown that despite a considerable increase in sexual health knowledge, risky sexual behaviors’ rates among the youth are on the rise. Minorities are disproportionately affected, which translates into strong racial disparities in health outcomes such as STI/STDs, and HIV prevalence. The …
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Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies, Alcohol Consumption, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among African American College Women
… negative consequences (e.g., contracting sexually transmitted diseases or human immunodeficiency virus, having an unplanned pregnancy) at disproportionate rates in comparison to Caucasian college women. Furthermore, African American college women are likely engaging in risky sexual …
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Anal Cancer Risk Factor Management Practices and the Barriers and Facilitators of Addressing Anal Health in the HIV Primary Care Setting
… to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and risky sexual behaviors. The HIV primary care provider (HIV PCP) plays a major role in working with patients to address those risk factors through anal cancer risk factor management (ACRFM). The issue is that anal cancer and anal health are rarely …
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Protective Factors Against Peer and Social Media Sex Messages: The Moderating Role of Parental Influences on African American Emerging Adult Students' Sexual Behaviors
<p>The most recent research on risky sexual behaviors is primarily based on adolescent, predominately White, or multiple race (e.g., African American and White) samples. There is a paucity of literature focused exclusively on African Americans, particularly African American emerging adults between …
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Machismo as a Determinant for HIV/STD Risk Behavior Among Latino MSM
Objective: Male-to-male sexual contact is the most common mode of transmission for HIV among Latino men. Psychosocial factors such as machismo, homophobic discrimination, and internalized homophobia have been hypothesized to greatly impact sexual behaviors among Latinos. However, studies …
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Proposed Social Media Intervention to Improve Galveston Adolescent Sexual Health Behaviors
… high school students admitted to taking part in risky sexual behaviors. Therefore, the health issue chosen for this MPH capstone project is sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), one of the most detrimental consequences of risky sexual behaviors. The intervention chosen is an interactive social …
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Positive and Negative Affect: Differential Impact of Optimism, Pessimism, and Coping in People Living with HIV/AIDS
… regimen adherence, disease progression, and risky sexual behaviors. The present study uses a stress and coping theory viewing HIV-related stigma and physical symptoms as stressors in PLH. Results suggest whereas symptoms and stigma consistently predict negative affect, positive affect, and …
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College students' alcohol use, sexual aggression, and beliefs about sexual consent
… practices, reduced understanding and practice of sexual consent, and sexual aggression (e.g., coercion, unwanted physical contact, or rape). The aim of this study was to expand the current literature by assessing the degree to which college students’ self report of no, low/moderate, and heavy …
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Assessment of media acquired HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices among learners at Collins Chabane Local Municipality in Vhembe District.
… of the provincial HIV/AIDS burden. Adolescents’ risky sexual behaviors are blamed for high HIV/AIDS burden. Certain factors including knowledge, attitudes and practices are believed to influence risky sexual behaviors among adolescents. Knowledge can be acquired from various sources. Adolescents …
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Homesickness in College Students: The Moderating Effect of Religiousness on the Relationship between Homesickness and Maladjustment
… homesickness and depression, alcohol use, and risky sexual behaviors in freshmen college students. Data were collected on 312 freshman (195 female, 117 male, mean age = 18 years). Religiousness was found to moderate the relationships between homesickness and depression and alcohol use; however, …
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Addressing the intersection of sexual identity and sexual behavior for women who have sex with women: understanding risk and exploring options
… and conflicting theories on female sexual orientation compromise women’s sexual health research. Subsequently, health risks associated with female-to-female sex play are largely unknown and providers continue framing services for sexual identities. The study’s focus was first, to …
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Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies And Perceptions Of Sexual Assault: Recognition Response Latency And Blame Attribution
Alcohol use has often been linked with sexual violence. Pumphrey-Gordon and Gross (2007) note that “among the numerous factors that have been associated with the occurrence of sexual assault, the use of alcohol is the most reliable” (p. 476). Novel autonomy places undergraduates at a nexus alcohol …
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Outness as a protective factor against risky sex in gay males
Homosexual men between the ages of 15 and 25 constitute a disproportionate majority of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, worldwide (Harper, 2007). Men who have sex with men (MSM) more frequently engage in riskier health behaviors, such as drinking, substance use, and …
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