This study used a feminist developmental framework to test the hypothesis that internalizing
conventional ideas about femininity in two domains—inauthenticity in relationships and …

PURPOSE: To investigate the extent to which need for intimacy in relationships and motives
for sex are capable of distinguishing between adolescents who always have protected sex …

Three studies were conducted to explore the impact of scripted sociosexual norms on
women's contraceptive behavior. In Study 1, scripts of an initial sexual encounter written by …

Sex with multiple partners, consecutively or concurrently, is a risk factor for contracting
sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as multiple partner–partner contacts present increased …

A programmatic series of three studies developed and evaluated the Condom Barriers Scale
(CBS), an instrument measuring women's perceived barriers to condom use for prevention …

This study of 411 urban female adolescents had 3 objectives:(a) assess the relationship
between perceived risk and sexual risk behavior (condom use, number of partners, partner …

PURPOSE: To explore factors relating to the practice of habitual and volitional health
behaviors against the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among Chinese …

Persuading People to Have Safer Sex offers a lucid, in-depth, student-friendly and
academically thorough discussion of AIDS prevention and health persuasion. In so doing it …

Over the past 15 years much pioneering work has been done on the social demography of
young men's sexual activities, contraceptive use, and fertility experiences. But how do men …

To identify factors that influence condom use and the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) among African American college women, the authors surveyed a sample of …