Executive function associated with sexual risk in young South African women: Findings from the HPTN 068 cohort.

PURPOSE:Heightened sexual risk in adolescence and young adulthood may be partially explained by deficits in executive functioning, the set of cognitive processes used to make reasoned decisions. However, the association between executive function and sexual risk is understudied among adolescent girl...

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Main Authors: Molly Rosenberg, Audrey Pettifor, Mihaela Duta, Nele Demeyere, Ryan G Wagner, Amanda Selin, Catherine MacPhail, Oliver Laeyendecker, James P Hughes, Alan Stein, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5880379?pdf=render