Effect of sexual motivation on men's risk perception for sexually transmitted disease: There must be 50 ways to justify a lover
Effect of sexual motivation on men's risk perception for sexually transmitted disease: There must be 50 ways to justify a lover
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DOI：
10.1037/0278-6133.16.4.374
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发表时间：
1997-07-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Gerrard, M
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作者：
Blanton, H;Gerrard, M
最近的研究已将情境因素纳入风险评估中。然而，从理性评估框架出发，这些研究并没有强调可能引入动机风险评估的背景特征。在当前的研究中，参与者（N = 40 名男性本科生）在性动机的诱导后降低了对性传播疾病的风险认知。在最初的基线条件下，参与者估计了从具有相对高风险或低风险性史的伴侣那里感染性传播疾病的风险。在随后的试验中，参与者在观看性感度高或低的照片时重复图像任务。正如预测的那样，参与者在观看高性感照片时会降低风险感知。唯一必要的先决条件是存在非诊断信息，他们可以根据这些信息构建有偏差的风险估计。
Recent research has incorporated situational factors into assessment of risk. Working from a rational appraisal framework, however, these studies have not emphasized contextual features that might introduce motivated risk assessment. In the current study, participants (N = 40 male undergraduates) lowered their risk perceptions for STDs following the induction of a sexual motivation. In an initial baseline condition, participants estimated the risk of contracting STDs from partners with relatively high- or low-risk sexual histories. In a subsequent trial, participants repeated the imagery task while viewing photographs that were high or low in sex appeal. As predicted, participants reduced their risk perceptions when they viewed photographs high in sex appeal. The only necessary precondition was the presence of nondiagnostic information from which they could construct biased risk estimates.