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The association between sexual aggression and HIV risk behavior in heterosexual men

May
2010
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Authors
  Peterson, Zoe D.  Janssen, Erick.  Heiman, Julia R.
Institution
  University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA. .
  petersonz@umsl.edu
Title
  The association between sexual aggression and HIV risk behavior in
  heterosexual men.
Source
  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  25(3):538-56, 2010 Mar.
Abstract
  Perpetrating sexual coercion and rape can be conceptualized as a form of
  sexual risk taking. In this study, the authors evaluated the relationship
  between sexual aggression and other risky sexual behaviors (e.g.,
  intercourse without a condom) using an online convenience sample of 1,240
  heterosexual men. Sexually aggressive men engaged in more sexual risk
  taking (i.e., sex with multiple partners, unprotected sex, and one-night
  stands) than nonaggressive men, and almost half of the reported incidents
  of sexual aggression were unprotected (i.e., no condom was worn). Thus,
  sexual aggression was found to be part of a larger pattern of sexual risk
  taking. Regression analyses revealed that sexual aggression was associated
  with greater alcohol use and lower sexual inhibition-two variables that
  have consistently been found to be related to other forms of sexual risk
  taking.