Alyssa Arentoft1, Kathleen Van Dyk2, April D Thames2, Nicholas S Thaler2, Philip Sayegh2, Charles H Hinkin2,3. 1. Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California. 2. Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. 3. Department of Psychology, West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with HIV-transmission-related risk behavior among HIV+ African American men. METHOD: We examined biological, psychological, cognitive, and social factors and recent HIV-transmission-related risk behavior (i.e., needle sharing, unprotected sex, exchange sex) among a sample of HIV+ African American men. RESULTS: A binary logistic regression showed that individuals under age 50 (OR=4.2), with clinically-elevated masochism scores (OR=3.9) on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), current substance abuse/dependence (OR=2.6), and higher sensation-seeking (OR=1.3) were more likely to report recent risk behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Reducing substance use, addressing self-defeating attitudes, and improving self-control may be avenues for future prevention and intervention research among HIV+ African American men engaging in HIV-transmission-related risk behavior.
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with HIV-transmission-related risk behavior among HIV+ African American men. METHOD: We examined biological, psychological, cognitive, and social factors and recent HIV-transmission-related risk behavior (i.e., needle sharing, unprotected sex, exchange sex) among a sample of HIV+ African American men. RESULTS: A binary logistic regression showed that individuals under age 50 (OR=4.2), with clinically-elevated masochism scores (OR=3.9) on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), current substance abuse/dependence (OR=2.6), and higher sensation-seeking (OR=1.3) were more likely to report recent risk behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Reducing substance use, addressing self-defeating attitudes, and improving self-control may be avenues for future prevention and intervention research among HIV+ African American men engaging in HIV-transmission-related risk behavior.
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Keywords:
HIV; health disparities; risk behavior; transmission risk
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