The effects of acute alcohol consumption, cognitive reserve, partner risk, and gender on sexual decision making
The effects of acute alcohol consumption, cognitive reserve, partner risk, and gender on sexual decision making
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DOI：
10.15288/jsa.2006.67.113
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2006-01-01
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Hayman, LW
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Abbey, A;Saenz, C;Hayman, LW
目的：在过去的酒精管理研究中，醉酒的大学生比清醒或安慰剂学生更愿意与假设的新伴侣发生无保护措施的性行为。本研究的目的是通过研究性别、认知储备和伴侣风险对醉酒性决策的影响来扩展过去的工作。方法：在将参与者（60名女性和60名男性）分配到饮酒条件下之前，使用广泛成就测试3（WRAT 3）的阅读子测试评估认知储备。饮酒后，参与者观看了一段男女大学生在性情境中的视频。有两个版本的视频是相同的，除了信息表明异性角色有许多过去的性伴侣或只有几个。结果如下：饮酒条件和认知储备之间存在显著的相互作用，因此WRAT 3评分较低的醉酒参与者比其他参与者更有可能表示，如果他们处于这种情况下，他们会进行无保护的性行为。伴侣风险并不影响参与者进行无保护性行为的意愿;然而，他们对与高风险伴侣约会不太感兴趣。结论：正如预期的那样，认知储备较少的参与者在醉酒时做出了更危险的决定。出乎意料的是，尽管参与者对高风险和低风险伴侣的感知明显不同，但这并不影响他们与这个假设的伴侣发生无保护性行为的意愿。这些研究结果表明，需要性传播疾病/艾滋病毒预防计划，超越事实陈述，并为学生提供他们需要的技能，以现实地评估风险，并需要为低认知技能的个人量身定制的信息程序。
Objective: In past alcohol administration studies, intoxicated college students have been more willing to have unprotected sex with a hypothetical new partner than sober or placebo students. The objective of the present research was to extend past work by examining the effects of gender, cognitive reserve, and partner risk on intoxicated sexual decision making. Method: Before assigning participants (60 women and 60 men) to a drink condition, cognitive reserve was assessed with the reading subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test 3 (WRAT3). After drinking, participants watched a video of a male and female college student in a sexual situation. There were two versions of the video that were identical, except for information that suggested the opposite-gender character had many past sexual partners or only a few. Results: There was a significant interaction between drink condition and cognitive reserve such that intoxicated participants with lower WRAT3 scores were more likely than other participants to indicate that they would have unprotected sex if they were in this situation. Partner risk did not influence participants' willingness to have unprotected sex; however, they were less interested in dating the high-risk partner. Conclusions: As expected, participants with less cognitive reserve made riskier decisions when intoxicated. Unexpectedly, although participants clearly perceived the high- and low-risk partners differently, this did not affect their willingness to have unprotected sex with this hypothetical partner. These findings demonstrate the need for sexually transmitted disease/HIV prevention programs that go beyond factual presentations and provide students with the skills they need to assess risk realistically and the need for programs with messages tailored for individuals with low cognitive skills.