Comprehension of sexual situations and its relationship to risky decisions by young adults.
Comprehension of sexual situations and its relationship to risky decisions by young adults.
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对性情境的理解及其与年轻人做出的危险决定的关系。
DOI：
10.1080/09540120701203303
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发表时间：
2007
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Kaufman,DR
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作者：
Patel,VL;Yoskowitz,NA;Kaufman,DR
这项研究探讨了青年人对性状况的理解与对危险性行为的决定之间关系的性质。参与者是来自纽约布鲁克林学院的56名异性恋学生，该学院位于艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行率相对较高的社区。他们阅读性接触场景，口头回答开放式问题，并决定使用避孕套。对这些答复进行了记录、转录和分析。先前的信念进行了评估的基础上参与者的最初反应的情况。高风险和低风险的人表现出一套特定的信念，对安全的性行为，他们处理信息的不同理解的性情况。低风险的人关注的是显示“无保护性行为风险”的线索，目的是不冒任何风险。高风险个体将给定的信息处理为与情感相关的信息，目标是在这种情况下“立即获得快乐”。这些处理变量影响了年轻人的决定，实践（或不）安全的性行为。教育干预措施需要针对不同的行为模式。定制方法的目标是在决策过程中的适当薄弱环节进行干预，包括任何矛盾或不合理的信念，以促进更安全的性行为。
This research examines the nature of the relationship between comprehension of sexual situations and decisions about risky sexual behaviour by young adults. Participants were 56 heterosexual students from Brooklyn College, NY, located in a community with a relatively high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. They read a sexual encounter scenario and verbally responded to open-ended questions and made decisions about condom use. The responses were recorded, transcribed and analysed. Prior beliefs were evaluated based on participants’ initial responses to the scenario. High and low risk individuals showed a specific set of beliefs about safer sex practices, and they processed information differently during comprehension of the sexual situation. Low-risk individuals focused on cues that show “risks of unprotected sex”, with the goal of not taking any risks. High-risk individuals processed given information as emotionally related, with the goal of ‘immediate pleasure’ in the situation. These processing variables influenced the young adults’ decisions to practice (or not) safer sex behaviour. Educational interventions need to be tailored for different patterns of behaviour. The goal of a customization approach is to intervene at appropriate weak links in the decision-making process, including any contradictory or unjustified beliefs, to promote safer sex behaviour.