The Moderating Effect of Alcohol Use on Protective and Risky Sex Behaviors among College Students in the Southeast United States

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Sherry C.; Lui, Joyce H. L.; Vega, Geraldo; Waldrop, Mindy; Garris, Justin
Titel	The Moderating Effect of Alcohol Use on Protective and Risky Sex Behaviors among College Students in the Southeast United States
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 66 (2018) 7, S.546-552 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2018.1431916
Schlagwörter	College Students; At Risk Persons; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Health Behavior; Prevention; Sexuality; African American Students; White Students; Correlation; Self Efficacy; Knowledge Level; Drinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Risikogruppe; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexualität; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Wissensbasis; Trinken
Abstract	Objective: College students are a high-risk population for new human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) diagnoses. Although condom use self-efficacy and HIV knowledge can protect against risky sexual behavior (RSB), these same protective factors have been shown to exacerbate RSB. The influence of alcohol use can further complicate these protective factors to influence RSB. Participants: 689 African American/Black and non-Hispanic White college students attending a public university in the Southeast United States. Method: This study sought to examine the relations between condom use self-efficacy and HIV knowledge with RSB and the moderating effect of alcohol use. Results: Findings showed positive associations between RSB and HIV knowledge and alcohol use. Unexpectedly, low frequency drinkers with high condom use self-efficacy were at increased risk for RSB compared to high frequency drinking counterparts. Conclusions: Findings point to the need to target prevention services for low-risk drinkers in college settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01