Misperception among gay men of the risk for AIDS associated with their sexual behavior Book Section

  


Authors: Bauman, L. J.; Siegel, K.
Editors: Temoshok, L.; Baum, A.
Article/Chapter Title: Misperception among gay men of the risk for AIDS associated with their sexual behavior
Abstract: report data from a study of gay men in New York City which was designed to investigate the factors associated with adopting safer-sex practices / focus on men's subjective perceptions of the riskiness of their current sexual practices and examine the relative accuracy of these perceptions in light of available epidemiological data on the relative efficacy of different sexual practices as modes of transmission of the AIDS[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome]-associated (HIV[Human Immunodeficiency Virus])virus / assess the extent to which men underestimate the degree of risk associated with their sexual behaviors and examine several possible explanations for such inaccurate appraisals of risk (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Book Title: Psychosocial Perspectives on AIDS: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment
ISBN: 0-8058-0207-X
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.  
Publication Place: Hillsdale, NJ
Date Published: 1990-01-01
Start Page: 81
End Page: 101
Language: English
ACCESSION: 1990-97619-006
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PROVIDER: psycinfo
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Notes: Book Chapter: 6 -- This chapter was originally published in "Journal of Applied Social Psychology," 1987, Vol 17, No 3, pp 329-350 -- Source: PsycINFO