A Case Control Study of Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior and Its Relationship to Personality Dimensions, Conduct Disorder, and Substance Use

Examined linkages between novelty seeking, as defined by C. Cloninger (1986), harm avoidance, and reward dependence dimensions and risky sexual behavior among 200 boys in treatment for substance abuse and delinquency compared to 200 boys recruited from the community. Analyses indicate that differenc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of youth and adolescence 2002-10, Vol.31 (5), p.387-396
Hauptverfasser:	Bryan, Angela, Stallings, Michael C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent boys Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Alcoholism Behavior Problems Biological and medical sciences Case Studies Conduct disorder Conduct disorders Drug abuse Drug use Ethnicity HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Hypotheses Juvenile Delinquency Males Medical sciences Miscellaneous Personality Personality Traits Predictors Pregnancy Promiscuity Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Risk taking Sexual Behavior Sexual behaviour Sexuality Sexually transmitted diseases STD Substance Abuse Substance abuse treatment Teenagers USA Venereal Diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Examined linkages between novelty seeking, as defined by C. Cloninger (1986), harm avoidance, and reward dependence dimensions and risky sexual behavior among 200 boys in treatment for substance abuse and delinquency compared to 200 boys recruited from the community. Analyses indicate that differences in personality failed to account for observed differences in risky sexual behavior. (SLD)
ISSN:	0047-2891 1573-6601
DOI:	10.1023/A:1015632709461