Document 0806
 DOCN  M9440806
 TI    Young adolescent attitudes toward sex and substance use: implications
       for AIDS prevention.
 DT    9404
 AU    Levy SR; Lampman C; Handler A; Flay BR; Weeks K; Prevention Research
       Center, University of Illinois at Chicago.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1993 Winter;5(4):340-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94128507
 AB    This paper explores differences in adolescents' attitudes, beliefs, and
       resistance skills regarding sexual behaviors and use of substances in
       the context of AIDS prevention. A total of 553 7th and 8th grade
       students completed a self-administered questionnaire as baseline data
       collection for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention project.
       Students' attitudes about sexual behavior and substance use differed
       markedly. Teens in this sample reported feeling significantly more
       comfortable discussing substance use with their parents than discussing
       sex; they also reported that it is easier to say no to alcohol or
       marijuana than to resist pressures to have sex. Furthermore, these young
       adolescents believed that their parents would be less upset to discover
       that they were sexually active than to find out they were using drugs.
       Among students who had ever had sex and who had ever used alcohol, young
       adolescents indicated that their parents would be much less upset to
       find out they were having sex than to discover they were smoking,
       drinking alcohol, or using drugs. Implications of the findings for
       HIV/AIDS prevention efforts are discussed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Condoms  Female  Health Education
       Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  *Psychotropic Drugs
       Risk-Taking  *Sex Behavior  Sex Education  *Street Drugs  Substance
       Abuse/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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