Predicting high risk sexual behaviour in heterosexual and homosexual men: the roles of impulsivity and sensation seeking

被引：88

作者：

McCoul, MD ^{[1
]}

Haslam, N ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] New Sch Social Res, Dept Psychol, New York, NY 10003 USA

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2001年 / 31卷 / 08期

关键词：

impulsivity; sensation-seeking; risk-taking; sexual behaviour; HIV;

D O I：

10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00222-1

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Impulsivity and sexual sensation seeking were examined as personality correlates of high risk sexual behaviour-unprotected sex with multiple partners-in samples of heterosexual (n = 112) and homosexual (n = 104) men. Among heterosexuals, both personality variables were associated with frequency of unprotected sex but only sexual sensation seeking was associated with number of sex partners. Sexual sensation seeking also mediated the association between use of drugs other than alcohol and number of sex partners. Among homosexuals, no personality or substance use variables predicted high risk sexual behaviour. Implications of the findings for the study of determinants of sexual risk-taking are discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1303 / 1310

页数：8

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