Barbara L Dancy

Dados Biográficos

ID145116
NOMEBarbara L Dancy
PRENOMESBarbara L
SOBRENOMEDancy
ASSINATURADANCY B L
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Illinois Chicago
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES5
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1980
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2015
ÍNDICE H1

  • The Impact of Neighborhood Environment, Social Support, and Avoidance Coping on Depressive Symptoms of Pregnant African-American Women

    Open AccessCarmen Giurgescu, Shannon N Zenk et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2015

  • Consistent condom use among Thai heterosexual adult males in Bangkok, Thailand

    Poolsuk Janepanish, Barbara L Dancy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2011

    Thai heterosexual males between 20 and 39 years old are at increased risk for HIV infection. Consistent condom use is effective against HIV transmission, but little is known about determinants of consistent condom use for these males. The purpose of this study is to explore determinants of consistent condom use for this population. The determinants of interest are age, educational level, marital status, income, and concepts from the theory of pla…

  • African-American Adolescent Girls' Initiation of Sexual Activity

    Open AccessBarbara L Dancy, K S Crittenden et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2010

  • HIV risk behaviours and situations as perceived by Thai adolescent daughters and their mothers in Bangkok, Thailand

    Amnuayporn Rasamimari, Barbara L Dancy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2008

    The proportion of Thai women infected with HIV is rising. More than 60% of the estimated 70,000 young adults from ages 15 to 24 years who are infected with HIV are females. Furthermore, the ratio of adolescent females aged 15 to 19 years who are infected with HIV is twice that of adolescent males in the same age group (Thai Ministry of Public Health, 2005). A cross-sectional descriptive study identified the specific behaviours and situations plac…

  • The Context of Risky Behaviors for Latino Youth

    Open AccessMarie L Talashek, Nilda Peragallo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2004

    Background and significance : Alarming numbers of Latino teens continue to engage in behaviors that place them at risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Design : This study includes data from six focus groups with 38 Latinas. The primary purpose of the focus groups was to elicit antecedents to unsafe sex to guide the development of an HIV-prevention intervention for adult Latinas. The data were reanalyzed using the …

  • Dimensions of Family Functioning

    Open AccessLinda L Mccreary, Barbara L DancyARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2004Citada por: 5Referências: 19

    Family functioning is influenced by socioeconomic status, culture, family structure, and developmental stage, and is assessed primarily using instruments developed for middle-income European American two-parent families. These instruments may not validly assess low-income African American single-parent families. This qualitative study was conducted to provide rich descriptions of families and family functioning in order to inform research on this…

  • Building Teen Power for Sexual Health

    Open AccessMarie L Talashek, Kathleen F Norr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2003

    Alarming numbers of teens engage in behaviors that place them at risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including AIDS. Intervention studies targeted toward reducing risky sexual behavior and improving school retention and literature about variables that affect risky sexual behavior and school performance were reviewed to develop the Social-Cognitive Model for Sexual Behavior During Adolescence. Interventions that target ch…

  • Perceived family climate, psychological adjustment, and peer relationship of black adolescents

    Open AccessBarbara L Dancy, Paul J HandalARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1984Referências: 12

    This study examined two contrasting views of divorce and its effect on the adjustment of children. The physical wholeness position maintains that divorce itself is the salient variable that adversely affects children via the physical dissolution of the family; while the psychological wholeness position maintains that conflict is the critical variable which influences adjustment and does so regardless of parental marital status. Results of analyse…

  • Effect of Gender and Age on Family Climate Scores of Black Adolescents and Preliminary Norms

    Open AccessBarbara L Dancy, Paul J HandalARTICLEPsychological Reports1981

    The effect of gender and age on family climate scores of 463 black adolescents was investigated. No effect for gender and a significant effect for age were found for only the independence subscale with 256 older males and females scoring significantly higher than 207 younger males and females. Means and standard deviations were given separately for younger and older adolescents

  • Perceived family climate of black adolescents

    Open AccessBarbara L Dancy, Paul J HandalARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology1980Referências: 8

    Real and ideal family climate as perceived by Black lower middle SES adolescents from divorced and intact homes was investigated using the Moos Family Environment Scale. Results revealed that perceived family climate was unrelated to paternal marital status, but significantly related to perceived conflict within the home. High conflict was related to less cohesion, less intellectual-cultural orientation, and less organization than low conflict. I…