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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 2/2018

01-02-2018 | Brief Report

Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

Authors: Shadi Gholizadeh, Benjamin M. Rooney, Erin L. Merz, Vanessa L. Malcarne, Steven A. Safren, Aaron J. Blashill

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 2/2018

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Abstract

The interaction of body dissatisfaction and appearance investment (importance and effort ascribed to appearance) in relation to condomless anal sex has not previously been examined. Body dissatisfaction in the context of varying degrees of appearance investment may yield divergent sexual risk outcomes. Sexual minority men living with HIV (N = 105) completed a battery of self-report measures. A generalized linear model identified a significant interaction [b = 0.08 (95% CI 0.01, 0.16), p = 0.033] such that when appearance investment was low, body dissatisfaction was associated with fewer condomless anal sex acts; when appearance investment was high, body dissatisfaction was associated with increased condomless anal sex.
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Metadata
Title
Body Image and Condomless Anal Sex Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV
Authors
Shadi Gholizadeh
Benjamin M. Rooney
Erin L. Merz
Vanessa L. Malcarne
Steven A. Safren
Aaron J. Blashill
Publication date
01-02-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1763-0

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