Sexual Risk Behavior in Emerging Adults: Gender-Specific Effects of Hedonism, Psychosocial Distress, and Sociocognitive Variables in a 5-Year Longitudinal Study
| Autor: | Jeannette Brodbeck, Françoise D. Alsaker, Ulrika Louise Vilén, Monica Susanne Bachmann, Hansjoerg Znoj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adult
Male Longitudinal study Health (social science) Adolescent Sexual Behavior HIV Infections Logistic regression Developmental psychology law.invention Young Adult Risk-Taking Condom law Humans Longitudinal Studies Young adult Sexual risk Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Self Efficacy Philosophy Distress Infectious Diseases Hedonism Female Psychology Psychosocial Stress Psychological Switzerland Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Education and Prevention. 22:148-159 |
| ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.2.148 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal effects of HIV protection intention, condom self-efficacy, psychosocial distress and hedonism on sexual risk hehavior up to 5 years later. The sample included 1,290 Swiss heterosexual young adults aged 16-24 years. A series of hierarchical logistic regression analyses yielded clear gender-specific results showing that for women condom self-efficacy and psychosocial distress, and for men HIV protection intention and hedonism, predicted sexual risk behavior up to 5 years later. The relationship between psychosocial distress and sexual risk behavior in women was partially mediated by a lower condom self-efficacy but not by a lower HIV protection intention. High hedonism in young men did not decrease HIV protection intention but had a direct effect on sexual risk behavior. Theoretical consequences for sociocognitive models of sexual risk behavior and practical implications for prevention are discussed. The present study aims to shed light on the relationship among HIV protection intention, condom self-efficacy, psychosocial distress, hedonism, and sexual risk behavior in emerging adults over a period of 5 years. Emerging adulthood is a period of completing developmental tasks, such as building up romantic and sexual |
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