Are Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills Linked with HIV-Related Sexual Risk Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?
- 18 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services
- Vol. 10 (1) , 5-21
Abstract
Young men who have sex with men are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, yet relatively little is known about the most effective theoretical frameworks for preventive interventions with this population. This study investigated the fit of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model for predicting sexual risk among a sample of ethnically diverse young men who have sex with men aged 14 to 21. Path analysis results indicated that the IMB model predicted a moderate amount of variance in primary and secondary sexual risk for young men who have sex with men (r 2 = .26 and .21, respectively). Fit of this model was acceptable on most indicators of model fit for primary and secondary risk.Keywords
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