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Levinson, Ruth Andrea; Sadigursky, Clesia; Erchak, Gerald M. – Adolescence San Diego, 2004
AIDS prevention research has demonstrated that theoretically driven HIV prevention programs can be tailored to specific cultures. Further, condom self-efficacy and contraceptive self-efficacy scales have been tested in the U.S. and been shown to predict condom and contraceptive use. Results of condom and contraceptive self-efficacy studies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Cultural Context, Adolescents

Barker, Gary; Loewenstein, Irene – Youth & Society, 1997
Qualitative research with 127 low-income young men and women, aged 14 to 30, in Rio de Janeiro found rigid gender roles with males displaying widespread "machista" attitudes (an exaggerated deep structure of masculinity) and acceptance of violence against women that was greater in low-income urban areas. Implications for working with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Females, Foreign Countries