HIV/AIDS
Recent findings from R.J. Jacobs and co-authors highlight research in HIV/AIDS
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, March 8th, 2009
"This study explores the contribution of psychosocial factors on sex behaviors of midlife and older women. A community-based sample of ethnically diverse women (N = 572) between the ages of 50 and 93. completed standardized measures of self-silencing, self-esteem, sensation-seeking behavior, HIV-related stigma behavior, sexual assertiveness, and safer sex behaviors," scientists in the United States report.
"Results from the regression analysis indicated the model significantly predicted safer sex behaviors (p < .001) with self-silencing (beta = -.115, p< .05) and age (beta = .173, p< 0.001) as significant predictors. Bivariate correlation analysis indicated an...
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