The relationship of moral reasoning and AIDS knowledge to risky sexual behavior.
The relationship of moral reasoning and AIDS knowledge to risky sexual behavior.
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道德推理和艾滋病知识与危险性行为的关系。
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1995
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通讯作者：
L. Garmon
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L. Hubbs;L. Garmon
本研究检验了两个假设：（a）道德推理与危险性行为呈负相关;（B）艾滋病知识与危险性行为之间的关系是通过道德推理来调节的，即高水平道德推理者的艾滋病知识与危险性行为呈负相关，而低水平道德推理者的艾滋病知识与危险性行为不相关。受试者是103名本科生，他们完成了一项评估道德推理的工具，定义问题测试，以及两份评估性行为和艾滋病知识的问卷。因子分析确定了五个性风险因素，α值为0.60或更高。结果支持这两个假设：（a）性交过程中的风险（即，使用避孕套的可能性较低）和肛交时的风险承担与道德推理显著负相关;（B）对于高道德推理者，两项性风险承担措施与艾滋病知识显著负相关：随着知识的增加，性交时的风险承担和各种性经历的参与减少。相反的关系对低道德推理者来说是正确的。道德发展理论和研究以及艾滋病预防运动的影响进行了讨论。
Two hypotheses were tested in this study: (a) moral reasoning and risky sexual behaviors are inversely correlated; (b) the relationship between AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior is mediated by moral reasoning such that AIDS knowledge and risky sexual behaviors are inversely correlated for higher-level moral reasoners but not for lower-level reasoners. Subjects were 103 undergraduate students who completed an instrument assessing moral reasoning, the Defining Issues Test, and two questionnaires assessing sexual behavior and knowledge about AIDS. Factor analysis identified five sexual risk-taking factors with alphas of .60 or higher. Results supported both hypotheses: (a) Risk taking during sexual intercourse (i.e., lower likelihood of using condoms) and risk taking during anal sex were significantly inversely correlated with moral reasoning; (b) For high moral reasoners, two measures of sexual risk taking were significantly negatively correlated with knowledge about AIDS: as knowledge increased, risk taking during sexual intercourse and engagement in a variety of sexual experiences decreased. The reverse relationship was true for low moral reasoners. Implications for moral development theory and research as well as for AIDS prevention campaigns are discussed.