Judging a book by its cover: Gay men's use of perceptible characteristics to infer antibody status
Judging a book by its cover: Gay men's use of perceptible characteristics to infer antibody status
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DOI：
10.1258/0956462961917032
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发表时间：
1996-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Skinner, MJ
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作者：
Gold, RS;Skinner, MJ
这项研究调查了男同性恋者使用可感知的特征来推断抗体状态。参与者（n=66）阅读他们不认识的男性的简要描述，并估计他们感染艾滋病毒的可能性。每个描述都突出了6个特征之一：身体吸引力，智力/教育水平，健康的外表和生活方式，个性，前面的组合，财富。每幅素描都有三个版本;他们分别用积极、中立和消极的术语描绘了这个人。除财富外，三个版本在各特征上的评分均存在显著差异。一般来说，负面版本比正面或中性版本引起更高的评级（对应于更大的可能性，该男子是艾滋病毒阳性）;在身体吸引力的情况下，正面版本比中性版本引起更高的评级。结果进行了讨论，在早期的研究结果有关男同性恋者的推论，在性接触，抗体状态从可感知的特征;艾滋病相关的思想之间可能存在的差异，在性接触，并在一天的冷光;和教育技术，可能会被用来反驳这种类型的推论。
This study investigated gay men's use of perceptible characteristics to infer antibody status. Participants (n=66) read brief descriptions of men they did not know and estimated the Likelihood that they were HIV-infected. Each description highlighted one of 6 characteristics: physical attractiveness, intelligence/education level, healthy appearance and lifestyle, personality, a combination of the preceding, and wealth. Three versions of each sketch were used; they depicted the man in positive, neutral, and negative terms respectively. There were significant differences in the ratings for the 3 versions in the case of every characteristic except wealth. In general, the negative version elicited higher ratings (corresponding to a greater Likelihood that the man was HIV-positive) than either the positive or neutral versions; in the case of physical attractiveness, the positive version elicited higher ratings than the neutral version. Results are discussed in relation to earlier findings regarding gay men's inferences, during sexual encounters, of antibody status from perceptible characteristics; to possible differences between AIDS-related thinking during sexual encounters and in the cold light of day; and to educational techniques that might be used to counter inferences of this type.