REASONS FOR INCONSISTENT AIDS-PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS AMONG GAY MEN
REASONS FOR INCONSISTENT AIDS-PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS AMONG GAY MEN
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DOI：
10.1080/00224499309551679
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发表时间：
1993-02-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
FISHER, WA
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作者：
OFFIR, JT;FISHER, JD;FISHER, WA
尽管许多研究报告称，男同性恋者的艾滋病预防行为（APB）显著增加，但他们也发现许多人保留了残余风险行为。为了研究APB表现不一致的动力学基础，与41名男同性恋者进行了焦点小组讨论。内容分析表明，尽管大多数男子改变了他们的性行为，以应对对艾滋病的关注，并认为这些变化足以减少或消除风险，对许多人来说，实际的做法是不稳定的安全性行为。受访者没有表达进一步改变行为的动机，可能是因为他们认为自己目前的行为足以应对感染的威胁。参与者似乎参与了一个认知扭曲的过程，以保持他们不一致的APB和他们自己作为低风险个体的看法之间的一致性，将他们的危险行为视为由于非典型的情境因素，因此不是真正的健康风险。
Although many studies have reported significant increases in AIDS-preventive behavior (APB) among gay men, they have also found that many individuals retain residual risk behavior. To investigate the dynamics underlying this inconsistency in APB performance, focus group discussions were conducted with 41 gay men. Content analysis indicated that although most men had modified their sexual behavior in response to concerns about AIDS and perceived these changes to be sufficient to reduce or eliminate risk, for many, actual practice of safer sex was erratic. Respondents did not express motivation to initiate further behavior change, perhaps because they considered their current behavior an adequate response to the threat of infection. Participants appeared to engage in a process of cognitive distortion to maintain consistency between perceptions of their inconsistent APB and perceptions of themselves as low-risk individuals, viewing their risky behavior as due to atypical, situational factors, and therefore not a true health risk.