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Article: A HOLISTIC PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM TO REDUCE STD INFECTION AMONG TRANSIENT YOUNG ADULTS IN A RESORT COMMUNITY.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- December 22, 1998
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
Seasonal tourism provides an opportunity for teens and young adults to relax and have fun in an atmosphere that suspends the judgements and expectations of daily life. In their report on the scripting of sexual behaviour of students on spring break in Florida, Maticka-Tyndale and Herold (1997) propose that the "feeling of freedom from responsibilities and home constraints, a sense of anonymity, and drinking, all contribute to the scripts for behaviour on Spring Break" (p. 284). Other researchers have also described the sexual disinhibition and increased risk-taking thought to occur among vacationers (Eiser & Ford, 1995; Herold & van Kerkwijk, 1992; ...