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Spectrums of Love: Examining the Relationship between Romantic Motivations and Secual Risk among Young Gay and Bisexual Men
(Springer, 2012-06-12)
We examined the association between HIV/AIDS risk behaviors and romantic feelings among single, young gay and bisexual men (YGBM). Romantic feelings may have positive (romantic ideation) and negative (romantic obsession) ...
Sexual Behavior and Perceived Peer Norms: Comparing Perinatally HIV-Infected and HIV-Affected Youth
(Springer, 2009)
A large proportion of perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children are becoming adolescents and exploring their sexuality. This study explored the prevalence of sexual behaviors (kissing, touching, engaging in oral sex, or ...
"Barebacking": Intentional Condomless Anal Sex in HIV-Risk Contexts. Reasons for and Against It
(Haworth Press, 2004)
Intentional condomless anal sex in HIV-risk contexts (barebacking) has been heatedly debated in gay circles, the gay media, and, to a lesser degree, the mainstream media. Yet it has received little attention in the scientific ...
Mental Health in Youth Infected with and Affected by HIV: The Role of Caregiver HIV
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of youth and caregiver HIV status, and other contextual and social regulation factors with youth mental health. METHOD: Data were from two longitudinal studies of urban youth perinatally ...
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Changes in Condom Use Among African American Adolescents
(The New York Academy of Medicine, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: Risk factors for adolescent alcohol use are typically conceptualized as individual and interpersonal level factors; however, these factors do not fully explain adolescent drinking behavior. We used a socioecological ...
It's All About Connecting: Reasons for Drug Use Among Latino Gay Men Living in the San Francisco Bay Area
(Haworth Press, 2007)
Research on Latino gay men drug use is limited. This study explores the narratives of 16 Latino drug-using gay men living in the San Francisco Bay Area by exploring the role social settings play in their drug use, as well ...
Perceived Risks and Protective Strategies Employed by Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM) When Seeking Online Sexual Partners
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
This study examined the perceptions of risk by young men who have sex with men (YMSM) regarding meeting sexual partners through the Internet. Fifty-four YMSM ages 18-29 who reported engaging in bareback sex (intentional ...