Mao Limin, Van de Ven Paul, McCormick John
National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Feb;16(1):55-67. doi: 10.1521/aeap.16.1.55.27720.
A theoretical framework, which included perspectives of individualism-collectivism and self-efficacy, was used to investigate factors associated with sexual risk practice among gay Asian and Caucasian men. "Risk" was defined as unprotected anal intercourse with any casual partner or with a regular partner whose HIV status was not concordant with the participant's. Altogether, 201 Caucasian and 199 Asian gay men, largely recruited from gay social venues in inner Sydney, completed an anonymous questionnaire. Most participants were gay self-identified and gay community attached, and more than half of the Asian men had been living in Sydney for at least 3 years. Overall, the Asian men were more collectivist oriented and the Caucasian men more individualist oriented. Data analyses revealed that higher self-efficacy in avoiding casual risk encounters and smaller proportion of gay friends were associated with less risk. The inclusion of individualism-collectivism and social cognitive variables in the examination of sexual risk practices among gay men from different cultural backgrounds holds promise.
一个包含个人主义 - 集体主义和自我效能感观点的理论框架被用于调查与亚洲和高加索男同性恋者性风险行为相关的因素。“风险”被定义为与任何偶然伴侣或与艾滋病毒状况与参与者不一致的固定伴侣进行无保护肛交。总共201名高加索男同性恋者和199名亚洲男同性恋者主要从悉尼市中心的同性恋社交场所招募，完成了一份匿名问卷。大多数参与者自我认同为同性恋且与同性恋社区有联系，超过一半的亚洲男性已在悉尼生活至少3年。总体而言，亚洲男性更倾向于集体主义，而高加索男性更倾向于个人主义。数据分析显示，在避免偶然风险接触方面较高的自我效能感和较少比例的同性恋朋友与较低风险相关。在对来自不同文化背景的男同性恋者的性风险行为进行考察时纳入个人主义 - 集体主义和社会认知变量具有前景。
