Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples: Differences by agreement type and couple serostatus

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 827-835

  Hoff, Colleen C ^a   Beougher, Sean C ^a   Chakravarty, Deepalika ^a,b   Darbes, Lynae A ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gay male couples; HIV; relationship characteristics; sexual agreements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONOGAMY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 77954735670     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903443384     Document Type: Article

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