Trust is experienced almost constantly in all forms of social and interpersonal relationships,
including sexual relationships, and may contribute both directly and indirectly to sexual …

There is a critical need to understand the interplay between relationship trust and public
health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of emerging …

Objectives: To understand youth's conceptions of trust in sexual partnerships and examine
how trust can serve as an obstacle to adopting risk reduction methods for STIs/HIV, such as …

This paper challenges the assumption that trust is a generally desirable, static, measurable
attitude of the individual. A reconceptualization of trust as situationally specific, negotiated …

The objective of this study is to assess (1) whether beliefs about trust and condom use affect
sexual risk behaviour, and (2) if beliefs about trust and condom use impact sexual risk …

A potential reason why people who know that condom use reduces the likelihood of
contracting AIDS do not use condoms was investigated in this study. People who felt more …

According to Morton Deutsch, who many consider the founder of modern theory and
research on trust, trust involves the delicate juxtaposition of peoples' loftiest hopes and …

Among gay men, there is evidence to suggest that serious, committed male couples practice
especially risky sex. To understand the reasons why male couples might take such risks, 92 …

Continuing gains against incidence of HIV and other unwanted consequences of
unprotected sex requires deeper understanding of characteristics of condom usage among …

Research on attachment and condom use has been limited to correlational studies of self-
report measures, yielding inconsistent results. Here, we examined the causal effects of …