Demographic and personality factors as predictors of HIV/STD partner-specific risk perceptions: implications for interventions.
Demographic and personality factors as predictors of HIV/STD partner-specific risk perceptions: implications for interventions.
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DOI：
10.1521/aeap.2009.21.1.39
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发表时间：
2009-02
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Palmgreen P
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作者：
Mehrotra P;Noar SM;Zimmerman RS;Palmgreen P
虽然风险认知作为预防行为的动机是几个健康行为理论的关键组成部分，这种动机假说在艾滋病毒/艾滋病领域得到了不同的支持。部分原因可能是，风险认知比许多动机假设研究中所处理的更为复杂。目前的研究探讨了人口，个性和性风险因素作为预测特定的合作伙伴（主要与休闲）艾滋病毒/性病风险的看法，在1,489名年轻人的样本。正如预期的那样，与“主要”伙伴关系相比，“临时”伙伴关系对艾滋病毒/性传播疾病风险的看法更高。虽然单变量分析表明，性别，种族/民族，感觉寻求，冲动，合作伙伴的数量，和安全套的使用都影响艾滋病毒/性病的风险认知，只有性别，安全套的使用，和种族/民族仍然显着的多变量分析。这些结果的影响，有效的艾滋病毒预防干预措施的设计进行了讨论。
Although risk perception as a motivator of precautionary behavior is a key component of several health behavior theories, this motivational hypothesis has found mixed support in the HIV/AIDS area. This may be, in part, because risk perceptions are more complex than they are treated in many studies of the motivational hypothesis. The current study examines demographic, personality, and sexual risk factors as predictors of partner-specific (main vs. casual) HIV/STD risk perceptions in a sample of 1,489 young adults. As expected, perceptions of HIV/STD risk were higher in the context of “casual” as compared with “main” partnerships. Although univariate analyses demonstrated that gender, race/ethnicity, sensation seeking, impulsivity, number of partners, and condom use all influenced HIV/STD risk perceptions, only gender, condom use, and race/ethnicity remained significant in multivariate analyses. Implications of these results for the design of efficacious HIV prevention interventions are discussed.