Lewis Megan A, Gladstone Elisa, Schmal Susanne, Darbes Lynae A
Health Behavior.ealth Education, School of Public Health, CB #7440, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Health Educ Res. 2006 Aug;21(4):488-500. doi: 10.1093/her/cyh075. Epub 2006 Feb 3.
How gay partners influence each other to promote health and prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is poorly understood. The present study combined qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the experience of health-related social control and relationship processes among a sample of 60 gay male couples. Couples completed semistructured interviews and separate self-administered questionnaires. Findings suggest that partners attempt to change a variety of behaviors, many of which are not HIV related, that they use a variety of social control tactics, some of which are specific to HIV prevention, and that their care and concern for each other and their relationship motivate social control to change health behaviors. The implications for health behavior change research and intervention are discussed.
男同性恋伴侣如何相互影响以促进健康和预防人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV），目前还知之甚少。本研究结合定性和定量方法，调查了60对男同性恋伴侣样本中与健康相关的社会控制及关系过程的体验。伴侣们完成了半结构化访谈和各自的自填式问卷。研究结果表明，伴侣们试图改变多种行为，其中许多行为与HIV无关，他们使用了多种社会控制策略，其中一些策略是专门针对HIV预防的，而且他们对彼此以及他们关系的关心促使社会控制来改变健康行为。文中还讨论了对健康行为改变研究和干预的启示。
