Sexual compulsivity and sexual risk in gay and bisexual men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 940-949

  Grov, Christian ^a,b   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d   Bimbi, David S ^b,e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Fetishes; Gay and bisexual men; HIV; Sexual compulsivity; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMPULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955663026     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9483-9     Document Type: Article

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