Citation

Voisin DR, Neilands TB. J. Adolesc. Health 2010; 46(6): 600-602.

Affiliation

School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. d-voisin@uchicago.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.213

PMID

20472218

PMCID

PMC2909678

Abstract

We assessed community violence, school engagement, negative peer influences, mental health problems, and human immunodeficiency virus risk among 563 black adolescents. Boys reported higher rates of community violence exposures and gang involvement, while girls reported higher mental health distress. In the presence of multiple risk factors, negative peer norms were the strongest correlate of human immunodeficiency virus risk behaviors.

Language: en