AIDS and Behavior
Volume 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 700-715

Unprotected anal intercourse among immigrant Latino MSM: The role of characteristics of the person and the sexual encounter (Article)

Zea M.C. , Reisen C.A. , Poppen P.J. , Bianchi F.T.
  • a Department of Psychology, George Washington University, 2125 G. St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, George Washington University, 2125 G. St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States
  • c Department of Psychology, George Washington University, 2125 G. St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States
  • d Department of Psychology, George Washington University, 2125 G. St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States

Abstract

Theoretical models of sexual risk-taking have traditionally focused on personal characteristics, but conceptual approaches emphasizing the social and situational context have also been proposed. This study examined the impact of characteristics of the person and of the sexual encounter on unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) among 482 immigrant Latino MSM. Analyses included logistic regression and hierarchical linear modeling. The personal characteristic of self-efficacy for safer sex was negatively associated with UAI over the previous three months, at the most recent encounter, and over multiple encounters reported by each participant. In addition, a cross-level interaction of self-efficacy at the person-level and sexual desire at the encounter-level showed that increased sexual desire was associated with greater likelihood of UAI for those with low self-efficacy, but not those with high self-efficacy. Likelihood of UAI was also linked to the situational characteristics of closeness to the partner, seroconcordance, and concern about STIs in the encounter. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Sexual risk Seroconcordance Sexual encounter HIV MSM self-efficacy

Index Keywords

immigrant Interpersonal Relations sexual behavior Safe Sex human Sexual Partners Object Attachment Logistic Models HIV Seropositivity Hispanic Americans Unsafe Sex Self Efficacy male homosexual Humans Hispanic male Emigrants and Immigrants self concept Article Risk-Taking Questionnaires major clinical study adult anus intercourse
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-68549115657&doi=10.1007%2fs10461-008-9488-8&partnerID=40&md5=6fd95336caa75bac0935f8687ad06959
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9488-8
ISSN: 10907165
Cited by: 57
Original Language: English