Risky movies, risky behaviors, and ethnic identity among Black adolescents

Amy Bleakley, Morgan E. Ellithorpe, Michael Hennessy, Patrick E. Jamieson, Atika Khurana and Ilana Weitz

Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 195, issue C, 131-137

Abstract: To investigate how exposure to sex, alcohol and violent content in mainstream and Black-oriented movies relates to corresponding adolescent behavior among Black youth from the United States and whether those relationships are moderated by ethnic identity.

Keywords: Media; Risk behavior; Sex; Alcohol; Violence; Adolescents; Ethnic identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.024

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