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Publikováno v:
World Leisure Journal. 58:60-68
This study identified adolescents’ patterns of active leisure participation over two years and five waves of data and how those patterns were related to substance use and sexual activity. Participants included 3581 primarily Colored (mixed race) So
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SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 12:39-50
The aim of the research on which this article is based was to understand the behavioural changes of the target student population over time to ensure that future prevention programmes are more effective in changing behaviour. This study reports on qu
Autor:
Jacqueline A. Miller, Elizabeth H. Weybright, Tania Vergnani, Linda L. Caldwell, Edward A. Smith, Lisa Wegner
Publikováno v:
Leisure Sciences. 36:52-67
This article examines the association between boredom in leisure and risky sexual behaviors among South African youth (N = 1695) using longitudinal data. We hypothesized that youth who were higher on boredom in leisure at the end of ninth grade would
Autor:
Joachim Jacobs, Lisa Wegner, Edward A. Smith, Linda L. Caldwell, John W. Graham, Mary Lai, Tania Vergnani, Linda M. Collins, Catherine Matthews
Publikováno v:
Child & Youth Care Forum. 41:119-136
BACKGROUND: HealthWise South Africa: Life Skills for Adolescents (HW) is an evidence-based substance use and sexual risk prevention program that emphasizes the positive use of leisure time. Since 2000, this program has evolved from pilot testing thro
Autor:
Linda L. Caldwell, Donna L. Coffman, Erin Hiley Sharp, Lisa Wegner, Catherine Mathews, Edward A. Smith, Tania Vergnani
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Behavioral Development. 35:343-351
Using seven waves of data, collected twice a year from the 8th through the 11th grades in a low-resource community in Cape Town, South Africa, we aimed to describe the developmental trends in three specific leisure experiences (leisure boredom, new l
Publikováno v:
Substance Use & Misuse. 44:1872-1887
This study examined longitudinal patterns of initiating substance use and sexual intercourse among a sample of 1,143 high school students from a low-income township in Cape Town, South Africa. Longitudinal data on lifetime incidence of sexual interco
Autor:
Lisa Wegner, Edward A. Smith, Linda L. Caldwell, John W. Graham, Lori-Ann Palen, Alan J. Flisher, Catherine Mathews, Tania Vergnani
Publikováno v:
Prevention Science. 9:311-321
Sexual behavior and substance use represent major threats to the health and well-being of South African adolescents, especially in light of the high prevalence of HIV infection in this population. However, there is currently a lack of evidence-based
Autor:
Tania Vergnani, Alan J. Flisher, Lisa Wegner, Edward A. Smith, Linda L. Caldwell, Lori-Ann Palen
Publikováno v:
Journal of Adolescent Health. 42:221-227
This study aims to describe patterns of inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among a sample of South African adolescents.Consistency of reported lifetime sexual intercourse was assessed using five semiannual waves of data. Odds ratios related i
Autor:
Alan J. Flisher, Linda L. Caldwell, Tania Vergnani, Lisa Wegner, Edward C. Smith, Catherine Mathews, Elias Mpofu
Publikováno v:
World Leisure Journal. 46:4-17
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an international collaborative effort that aims to reduce risky behavior (e.g., substance use, risky sexual behavior) that leads to outcomes such as HIV/AIDs, pregnancy, and addictions among
Publikováno v:
African Journal of AIDS Research; Vol 13, No 1 (2014)
In order to contribute to the design of more effective programmes to curb the spread of HIV at tertiary institutions, this study compares the profile of students who are sexually active versus those who are not yet sexually active when entering unive