Open AccessPerceived Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections Aligns With Sexual Risk Behavior With the Exception of Condom Nonuse
Author(s) -
Lance M. Pollack,
Cherrie B. Boyer,
Neil D. Weinstein
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e318283d2e5
Subject(s) - medicine , condom , psychological intervention , demography , risk perception , unintended pregnancy , family planning , population , environmental health , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , psychiatry , perception , syphilis , sociology , neuroscience , research methodology
Research on the relationship between sexual risk behavior and perceived risk for contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) has yielded mixed results. The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which 3 measures of perceived risk accurately reflect 5 sexual risk behaviors in a sample of healthy, sexually active young adult women. A positive monotonic relationship between sexual risk behavior and perceived risk for STIs is hypothesized.