Risk Revisited: The Perception of HIV Risk in a Community Sample of Low-Income African American Women
Risk Revisited: The Perception of HIV Risk in a Community Sample of Low-Income African American Women
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DOI：
10.1177/0095798408320633
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Bybee, Deborah
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作者：
Younge, Sinead N.;Salem, Deborah;Bybee, Deborah
尽管低收入非洲裔美国妇女的艾滋病毒感染率很高，但研究表明，与其他群体相比，这一群体对艾滋病毒风险的认识并没有提高。很明显，个人对风险的主观感知是基于多种内部和外部因素，包括关系背景和文化世界观。本研究探讨了文化世界观的贡献，低收入的非洲裔美国妇女的艾滋病毒风险的看法。分层线性回归进行了社区样本的低收入非洲裔美国妇女（N = 196）。结果表明，当伴侣的不忠行为得到控制，经济独立和人际关系控制的显着预测感知艾滋病毒的风险，与缺乏相关的感知风险的水平升高的权力。当关系权力和艾滋病知识被考虑在内，文化世界观是一个显着的负面预测感知风险，与高水平的宿命论与低感知风险。研究结果表明，知识本身并不足以解释艾滋病毒的风险认知。必须考虑到文化世界观的作用。
Despite the high rate of HIV infection among low-income African American women, research suggests that perceptions of HIV risk among this population are not elevated compared to other groups. It is evident that an individual's subjective perception of risk is based on a multiplicity of both internal and external factors, including relationship context and cultural worldview. This study examines the contribution of cultural worldview to low-income African American women's HIV risk perception. A hierarchical linear regression was conducted on a community sample of low-income African American women (N = 196). Results demonstrate that when partner infidelity was controlled, financial independence and interpersonal control were significant predictors of perceived HIV risk, with lack of power related to elevated levels of perceived risk. When relationship power and HIV knowledge were taken into account, cultural worldview was a significant negative predictor of perceived risk, with high levels of fatalism associated with low perceived risk. Findings suggest that knowledge alone is not enough to explain HIV risk perception. The role of cultural worldview must be taken into account.