Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

Shadi Gholizadeh; Benjamin M Rooney; Erin L Merz; Vanessa L Malcarne; Steven A Safren; Aaron J Blashill

doi:10.1007/s10461-017-1763-0

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Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

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Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

Shadi Gholizadeh, Benjamin M Rooney, Erin L Merz, Vanessa L Malcarne, Steven A Safren and Aaron J Blashill

AIDS and behavior, Vol.22(2), pp.658-662

2018-02

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1763-0

PMCID: PMC5645211

PMID: 28417253

Abstract

Cross-Sectional Studies

HIV Infections - epidemiology

Humans

Middle Aged

Body Image - psychology

HIV Infections - psychology

Male

Massachusetts - epidemiology

Physical Appearance, Body

Socioeconomic Factors

Sexual Behavior - psychology

Anti-HIV Agents - administration & dosage

Young Adult

Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data

HIV

Risk-Taking

Adolescent

Adult

HIV Infections - drug therapy

Surveys and Questionnaires

Aged

Homosexuality, Male - psychology

Condoms

Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data

The interaction of body dissatisfaction and appearance investment (importance and effort ascribed to appearance) in relation to condomless anal sex has not previously been examined. Body dissatisfaction in the context of varying degrees of appearance investment may yield divergent sexual risk outcomes. Sexual minority men living with HIV (N = 105) completed a battery of self-report measures. A generalized linear model identified a significant interaction [b = 0.08 (95% CI 0.01, 0.16), p = 0.033] such that when appearance investment was low, body dissatisfaction was associated with fewer condomless anal sex acts; when appearance investment was high, body dissatisfaction was associated with increased condomless anal sex.

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Title: Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV
Creators: Shadi Gholizadeh - San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103, San Diego, CA, 92120-4913, USA
Benjamin M Rooney - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Erin L Merz - Department of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA
Vanessa L Malcarne - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Steven A Safren - Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
Aaron J Blashill - Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA. ablashill@mail.sdsu.edu
Publication Details: AIDS and behavior, Vol.22(2), pp.658-662
Publisher: United States
Grant note: 9K24DA040489 / Harvard University Center for AIDS Research K23MH096647 / NIMH NIH HHS P30 AI060354 / NIAID NIH HHS
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Psychology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 28417253
PMCID: PMC5645211
Record Identifier: 991031576672202976