Psychometric techniques were used for the development of a theoretically‐based measure
of constructs related to safer sexual activity. A pilot study and two studies using college …

Current measures of sexual risk taking are either too narrowly focused to be used with
college students or do not have adequate psychometric properties. The goal of the current …

This article reports on homosexually active men's beliefs about being at sexual risk. Results
were generated from paid, in-depth, face-to-face interviews about sexual behavior carried …

This study examined the influence of both psychosocial constructs and demographic
features on the sexual risk-taking behavior of young adults. Three hundred seventy-four …

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship of knowledge of AIDS,
misconceptions about AIDS, knowledge of safer sex practices, perceived susceptibility, and …

Consideration of a simple model of sexual decision‐making suggests that many individuals
who engage in risky sexual practices do so for “rational” reasons. Within a framework of …

The purpose of this study was to identify social cognitive factors significantly associated with
consistent condom use and safer sex intentions for heterosexual college students. No or …

This study tested a model of safer sex behavior using variables from social learning theory,
the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, and theories of cognitive coping style …

An exploratory study examined variables characterized as predisposing to the practice of
safe sexual behaviors. A sample of 227 male subjects from a state‐supported university in …

Methods Literature available in AIDSLINE, MedLINE, and PsychINFO from 1980 to June,
2001 was searched using the following keywords: HIV, AIDS, HIV-positive, HIV-infected …