Models of decision-making usually focus on cognitive, situational, and socio-cultural
variables in accounting for human performance. However, the emotional component is …

Introduction: Research has begun to examine human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
prevention strategies within the Ghanaian context. Still, little is known about specific …

Sexual arousal has emerged as an important contextual feature in sexual encounters that
can impact safer-sex decision-making. We conducted two experiments that investigated the …

Condoms remain an important method for preventing HIV prevention and unintentional
pregnancies, however their use in South Africa is sub-optimal. We analyzed survey data on …

Improving lifestyles is thought to be one of the most effective means of reducing mortality
and morbidity in the developed world. However, despite decades of health promotion, there …

PURPOSE: Young black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) are known to have the
highest rates of HIV infection in the United States. Although reported rates of unprotected …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study was to assess whether men who have sex
with men (MSM) who limit their unprotected anal sexual partners to those who are of the …

Given the racial/ethnic disparities that characterize STI trends and recent increases in
heterosexually transmitted HIV infection in the US, an understanding of factors underlying …

Objectives. We examined differences in sexual partner selection between Black and White
men who have sex with men (MSM) to better understand how HIV status of participants' …

Selecting sex partners of the same HIV status or serosorting is a sexual risk reduction
strategy used by many men who have sex with men. However, the effectiveness of …