Other-sensitive motivation for safer sex among gay men: Expanding paradigms for HIV prevention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-324

  Nimmons, David ^a,b   Folkman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Gay men; HIV prevention; Prosocial; Safer sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032734617     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025437418276     Document Type: Article

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