Balancing risk and pleasure: sexual self-control as a moderator of the influence of sexual desires on sexual risk-taking in men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-467

  Adam, P C G ^a,b   Teva, I ^c   De Wit, J B F ^b,d  

^a Institute for Prevention and Social Research   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIBIDO; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 57149087119     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031351     Document Type: Article

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