Testing Negative Means I’m Lucky, Making Good Choices, or Immune: Diverse Reactions to HIV Test Results are Associated with Risk Behaviors

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 371-383

  Mustanski, Brian ^a   Rendina, H Jonathon ^b,c   Greene, George J ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^d   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; HIV testing; Men who have sex with men; Scale development; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DEVICES; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84937123861     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9612-0     Document Type: Article

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