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Differences in impulsivity and sexual risk behavior among inner-city crack/cocaine users and heroin users
(Impulsivité et comportement sexuel à risque chez les usagers de cocaïne/crack et chez les héroïnomanes en milieu urbain)
Auteur(s) :
LEJUEZ C. W. ;
BORNOVALOVA M. A. ;
DAUGHTERS S. B. ;
CURTIN, J. J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
169-175
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
CRACK
;
HEROINE
;
USAGER
;
COMPARAISON
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
SEXUALITE
;
TROUBLES DU COMPORTEMENT
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005, 77, (2), 169-175
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The current study utilized a sample of 123 inner-city drug users in residential treatment, comparing sexual risk behavior (SRB) across primary users of (a) heroin and not crack/cocaine, (b) crack/cocaine and not heroin, and (c) both heroin and crack/cocaine. Additional analyses also examined impulsivity as a mediator of drug choice and SRB. Results indicated that SRB was higher in primary crack/cocaine users than in primary heroin users, with those using both drugs evidencing intermediate levels of SRB. Beyond differences in SRB, a similar pattern across drugs was found for impulsivity. Finally, impulsivity mediated the relationship between drug choice and SRB. Although further research is necessary to establish causal relationships, these results support a relationship between SBR and crack/cocaine, and suggest that disinhibition processes including impulsivity may underlie this relationship. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Psychol., Univ. Maryland, Coll. Park, MD 20742
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.