Sexual Behavior - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Changes in at-risk behavior for HIV infection among HIV-positive persons in Italy.

29 Sep 2009 Many HIV-positive persons reportedly continue to engage in at-risk behavior. We compared the sexual and drug-using practices of HIV-positive persons before and after the diagnosis of HIV infection to determine whether their behavior had changed. To ... Read more...

Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand.

29 Sep 2009 There has been a dramatic drop in age at first intercourse and concurrent rise in HIV infections among young Thai women living in slums. The participants included 492 young Thai women (average age = 19.7 years). They provided detailed ... Read more...

Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample.

30 Aug 2009 Cocaine users routinely engage in high-risk sexual behaviors that place them at an elevated risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne infections. The purpose of the present study was to compare trading sex for drugs and/or money, having 10 or ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sexual Behavior - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Changes in at-risk behavior for HIV infection among HIV-positive persons in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand. 29 Sep 2009
• Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Beyond the pleistocene: using phylogeny and constraint to inform the evolutionary psychology of human mating. 30 Aug 2009
• The contraceptive needs of incarcerated women. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychosocial distress and alcohol use as factors in adolescent sexual behavior among sub-Saharan African adolescents. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychological characteristics of Internet dating service users: the effect of self-esteem, involvement, and sociability on the use of Internet dating services. 30 Jul 2009
• More information than you ever wanted: does Facebook bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy? 30 Jul 2009
• Male students' behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and needs in sexual and reproductive health matters. 30 Jul 2009
• Experiences of and attitudes towards pornography among a group of Swedish high school students. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual behaviour among Italian adolescents: knowledge and use of contraceptives. 30 Jul 2009
• Gender differences in high risk sexual behaviors and injection practices associated with perceived HIV risk among injection drug users. 30 Jul 2009
• Unseen and unheard: predictors of sexual risk behavior and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Chennai, India. 30 Jul 2009
• [Sexual and reproductive behavior of military personnel] 29 Jun 2009
• Gang youth as a vulnerable population for nursing intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• Sex risk practices among HIV-positive individuals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 29 Jun 2009
• Learning disabilities: able to love. 29 Jun 2009
• Quality of sexual life and menopause. 29 Jun 2009
• Repeat infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: a prospective cohort study from an STI-clinic in Stockholm. 20 Jun 2009
• Characteristics and determinants of sexual behavior among adolescents of migrant workers in Shangai (China). 17 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Sexual Behavior'

Definition: Sexual activities of humans.

Descriptor UI: D012725

Alternative terms: Sexual Behavior; Behavior, Sexual; Sexual Activities; Sexual Activity; Activities, Sexual; Activity, Sexual; Sex Behavior; Behavior, Sex; Oral Sex; Sex, Oral; Sexual Orientation; Orientation, Sexual; Sex Orientation; Premarital Sex Behavior; Behavior, Premarital Sex; Anal Sex; Sex, Anal;

Related Mesh Headings: Sex; Sexual Partners; Reproductive Behavior;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; ethnology; history; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F01.145.802;

History Note: 2004 (1966)

Technical Notes: human only: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL is available; do not confuse X ref SEXUAL ORIENTATION with GENDER IDENTITY (see note there)