Open AccessAssociation of Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use With Risky Sexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Female Adolescents Seeking Sexual Health Care
Author(s) -
Jerrold M. Jackson,
Puja Seth,
Ralph J. DiClemente,
Anne Lin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302493
Subject(s) - substance use , psychiatry , sexual behavior , depressive symptoms , association (psychology) , medicine , reproductive health , psychology , clinical psychology , population , environmental health , anxiety , psychotherapist
We examined how depression and substance use interacted to predict risky sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among African American female adolescents.