Unsafe Sex - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Egocentric networks of Chinese men who have sex with men: network components, condom use norms, and safer sex.

29 Sep 2009 Research on risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) is often based on individualistic models of health behavior, but sexual behavior is inherently social in nature and often determined by constituents of social networks. The objective ... Read more...

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...

Sibling relationship, family, and genetic factors in sibling similarity in sexual risk.

30 Jul 2009 Siblings' risky attitudes toward sex and pregnancy and risky sexual behavior were studied in 1583 dyads from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. We tested moderators of the links between 2 siblings' reports of sexual risk as well ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Unsafe Sex - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Egocentric networks of Chinese men who have sex with men: network components, condom use norms, and safer sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Changes in at-risk behavior for HIV infection among HIV-positive persons in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Sibling relationship, family, and genetic factors in sibling similarity in sexual risk. 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
• Effects of alcohol and blood alcohol concentration limb on sexual risk-taking intentions. 29 Jun 2009
• HIV disclosure and unsafe sex among HIV-infected women in Cameroon: results from the ANRS-EVAL study. 23 Jun 2009
• Changes in condom use behaviours among clients of female sex workers in China. Jun 2009
• Gender, intimacy, and risky sex: a terror management account. 31 May 2009
• Positive urgency predicts illegal drug use and risky sexual behavior. 30 May 2009
• Family conflict and depression in HIV-negative heterosexuals: the role of methamphetamine use. 30 May 2009
• Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South Africa. 25 May 2009
• Incarceration and high-risk sex partnerships among men in the United States. 19 May 2009
• Secrecy and risk among MSM in Tbilisi, Georgia. 29 Apr 2009
• Fathers' and mothers' parenting predicting and responding to adolescent sexual risk behaviors. 29 Apr 2009
• Psychological distress as a correlate of a biologically confirmed STI, risky sexual practices, self-efficacy and communication with male sex partners in African-American female adolescents. 29 Apr 2009
• Pessimism, trauma, risky sex: covariates of depression in college students. 29 Apr 2009
• Human papillomavirus, abstinence, and the other risks. 23 Apr 2009
• High prevalence of unprotected sex among Finnish HIV-positive and HIV-negative injecting drug users. 14 Apr 2009
• Effects of fear of abuse and possible STI acquisition on the sexual behavior of young African American women. 14 Apr 2009
• History of childhood sexual abuse and unsafe anal intercourse in a 6-city study of HIV-positive men who have sex with men. 14 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Unsafe Sex'

Definition: Sexual behaviors which are high-risk for contracting SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or for producing PREGNANCY.

Descriptor UI: D047568

Alternative terms: Unsafe Sex; Sex, Unsafe; High-Risk Sex; High Risk Sex; Sex, High-Risk; Unprotected Sex; Sex, Unprotected;

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

Tree Number: F01.145.802.987;

History Note: 2005; use SAFE SEX 2001-2004