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Psychosocial Variables Associated With The Co-Occurance Of Risky Sexual Behavior With Alcohol Consumption Among University Students, Morris F. Burnham
Psychosocial Variables Associated With The Co-Occurance Of Risky Sexual Behavior With Alcohol Consumption Among University Students, Morris F. Burnham
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This study examined the association of theoretically guided and empirically identified psychosocial variables on the co-occurrence of risky sexual behavior with alcohol consumption among university students. The study utilized event analysis to determine whether risky sex occurred during the same event in which alcohol was consumed. Relevant conceptualizations included alcohol disinhibition, self-efficacy, and social network theories. Predictor variables included negative condom attitudes, general risk taking, drinking motives, mistrust, social group membership, and gender. Factor analysis was employed to identify dimensions of drinking motives. Measured risky sex behaviors were (a) sex without a condom, (b) sex with people not known very …
Effect Of Child Care Subsidies On Price And Quality Of Care For Low -Income Families, Sudhersena Alalasundaram
Effect Of Child Care Subsidies On Price And Quality Of Care For Low -Income Families, Sudhersena Alalasundaram
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation examines the effect of regulations, resource and referral agencies, and subsidies on price and quality of care in child care centers. This research is based on a carefully developed conceptual framework that incorporates the factors affecting the demand and supply of child care. The first step in developing this framework is sketching out the structural equations. The structural equations help us understand the underlying behavior of individuals and firms making a decision. The exogenous variables are vector of attributes relating to family characteristics, child characteristics, regulations, subsidy, community characteristics and prices of inputs. Based on the structural equations, …