Predictors of High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-4-2008

Journal / Book Title

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Abstract

This study of 576 gay men and men who have sex with men examined the predictive value of peer norms, self-efficacy, stigma, social support, age, and recreational drug use on high-risk sexual behavior that enables human immunodeficiency virus transmission. A bivariate analysis found each of these factors significant. A discriminant function analysis revealed that significant predictors of high-risk sexual behavior included low self-efficacy and low outcome expectancy with regard to successfully using a condom, disclosing infection status, and negotiating safer sex and low peer norms for safer sex. Counseling implications for this population are discussed.

DOI

10.1080/15538600802501979

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