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Negative self-perceptions and sexual risk behavior among heterosexual methamphetamine users
(Perceptions négatives de soi et comportement sexuel à risque chez des usagers de méthamphétamines hétérosexuels)
Auteur(s) :
SEMPLE, S. J. ;
GRANT, I. ;
PATTERSON, T. L.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
1797-1810
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
37
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
IMAGE DE SOI
;
HETEROSEXUEL
;
SEXUALITE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
USAGER
;
METHAMPHETAMINE
;
DEPRESSION
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2005, 40, (12), 1797-1810
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This research examined the relationship between negative self perceptions and sexual risk behavior in a sample of 156 heterosexually identified, methamphetamine users from San Diego, California. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Self Esteem Rating Scale, respectively were used to assess depression and negative self perceptions. Measures of sexual risk behavior and methamphetamine use were developed specifically for this research. Data were gathered in 2001-2002. Participants were primarily male (76%), Caucasian (56%), never married (51%), and unemployed (73%), with a mean age of 39.1 years. Participants with high levels of negative self perceptions evidenced the greatest degree of sexual risk behavior, including significantly more unprotected vaginal sex and a larger number of sexual partners as compared to individuals with low levels of negative self perceptions. In cross-sectional analyses, negative self perceptions predicted intensity of methamphetamine use and depressive symptoms. However, neither of these variables were found to mediate the relation ship between negative self-perceptions and sexual risk behavior. Findings are discussed in relation to the need for further research into the role of negative self-perceptions as a determinant of sexual risk behavior among methamphetamine users. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Department of Psychiatry (0680), University of California, San Diago, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0680. E-mail : tpattersonucsd.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.