title: Correlates of adolescent assertiveness with HIV avoidance in a four-nation sample.
abstract: Adolescents are frequently admonished to be socially assertive in order to confront negative interpersonal peer influences. Since the advent of HIV/AIDS in human social chemistry, the admonition has become more critical than ever. But the warning is often proffered in the misguided presumption that social assertiveness is the all-required psycho-structure against risk. The present cross-national study examines social and sexual assertiveness in four-country adolescent samples of Nigerian, Thai, Chinese, and Japanese college students. The findings reveal that sexual rather than social assertiveness was the sine qua non against risk, cross-culturally.
authors.affiliation: Prof. T. Munakata's Laboratory, Institute of Comprehensive Human Care Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1 D511, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Francis N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Onuoha
authors.forename: Tsunetsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Munakata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand