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The Virgin HIV Puzzle: Can misreporting account for the high proportion of HIV cases in self-reported virgins?

Deuchert, Eva - 2008

infections in adolescent women occurred in women who claim to be virgin. Two possible conclusions arise from this observation …: adolescent women misreport sexual status or non-sexual risk is more relevant than previously asserted. This paper uses a … adolescent women in the considered sub-sample correctly report sexual activity, 70% of HIV infections cannot be attributed to …

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The Development of Online Friendship Scale

Helmi, Avin Fadilla; Widhiarso, Wahyu; Husna, Aftina Nurul - In: International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and … 7 (2017) 4, pp. 12-25

This article discusses concept and measurement of online friendship in an Indonesian context. Online friendship is considered to be superficial due to the lack of face-to-face interaction and emotional intimacy. Based on grounded theory research, online friendship consists of five dimensions:...

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The Effect of Parental Demographics on Parental Assessment of Adolescent Internet Addiction

Ok, Chiho; Lim, Jisun - In: International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and … 7 (2017) 4, pp. 56-67

This article investigates how adolescent Internet addiction is assessed by parents based on children's Internet use …

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Health Website's Games and Features Evaluation by Middle Schoolers

Chapman-Novakofski, Karen; Muzaffar, Henna; Castelli, Darla - In: International Journal of Web-Based Learning and … 11 (2016) 3, pp. 17-27

Health information on the Internet is popular for both adults and adolescents. Providing this information in an enjoyable manner during school may provide an alternative to teacher-led education. However, there are advantages and disadvantages of ‘edutainment'. The objective of this study was...

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Copula Based Prediction Models: An Application to an Aortic Regurgitation Study

Kumar, Pranesh; Shoukri, Mohamed M. - 2007

Background: An important issue in prediction modeling of multivariate data is the measure of dependence structure. The use of Pearson's correlation as a dependence measure has several pitfalls and hence application of regression prediction models based on this correlation may not be an...

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Socio-economic mortality differentials in Sydney over a quarter of a century, 1970-94

Hayes, Lillian J.; Quine, Susan; Taylor, Richard; … - 2002

OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Sydney over a 25-year period (1970-94). METHODS: Five measures of single indicators (two for occupation, two for education and one for income) and a composite measure of socio-economic disadvantage based on...

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Gender and the influence of peer alcohol consumption on adolescent sexual activity

Waddell, Glen R. - 2010

I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and …

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Adolescent drug use and the deterrent effect of school-imposed penalties

Waddell, Glen R. - 2010

marijuana use to sanctions and thereby demonstrate the efficacy of school-imposed penalties as a deterrent to adolescent drug …

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Conditions for the acceptance of deontic conditionals.

Over, D.E.; Manktelow, Ken I.; Hadjichristidis, C. - 2004

Recent psychological research has investigated how people assess the probability of an indicative conditional. Most people give the conditional probability of q given p as the probability of if p then q. Asking about the probability of an indicative conditional, one is in effect asking about its...

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Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017 : European Migration Network

European Migration Network - 2018

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