The Sexual Discounting Task: HIV risk behavior and the discounting of delayed sexual rewards in cocaine dependence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Johnson, Matthew W ^a   Bruner, Natalie R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Condom; Delay discounting; HIV; Impulsivity; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DISCOUNTING TASK; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDOMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861221973     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.09.032     Document Type: Article

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