A measurement model of women's behavioral risk taking.
A measurement model of women's behavioral risk taking.
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女性行为冒险的测量模型。
DOI:
10.1037/0278-6133.25.2.249
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发表时间:
2006
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通讯作者:
Livingston,JenniferA
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作者:
VanZile-Tamsen,Carol;Testa,Maria;Harlow,LisaL;Livingston,JenniferA
The current study was designed to gain a better understanding of the nature of the relationship between substance use and sexual risk taking within a community sample of women (N= 1,004). Using confirmatory factor analysis, the authors examined the factor structure of sexual risk behaviors and substance use to determine whether they are best conceptualized as domains underlying a single, higher order, risk-taking propensity. A 2 higher order factor model (sexual risk behavior and substance use) provided the best fit to the data, suggesting that these 2 general risk domains are correlated but independent factors. Sensation seeking had large general direct effects on the 2 risk domains and large indirect effects on the 4 first-order factors and the individual indicators. Negative affect had smaller, yet still significant, effects. Impulsivity and anxiety were unrelated to sexual health risk domains.