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SUBMITTER: Mitchell CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5546138 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mitchell Christina M CM Kaufman Carol E CE Whitesell Nancy Rumbaugh NR Beals Janette J Keane Ellen M EM
Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 20170322 3
For adolescents, normative development encompasses learning to negotiate challenges of sexual situations; of special importance are skills to prevent early pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases. Disparities in sexual risk among American Indian youth point to the importance of intervening to attenuate this risk. This study explored the impact of Circle of Life (COL), an HIV prevention intervention based on social cognitive theory, on trajectories of self-efficacy (refusing sex, ...[more]