Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston, 101 Communication Bldg, Houston, TX 77204-3002, USA.
Psychol Health Med. 2013;18(1):98-106. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2012.687826. Epub 2012 Jun 8.
This study collected cross-sectional data from 307 young Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) to explore the characteristics of sexual communications, including target of communication (stable partners, casual partners), topics of communication (condom use, HIV/STDs prevention, and sexual history), and the associations between sexual communication characteristics and condom use. A variety of measures were employed to assess respondents' condom use with different sexual partners over different recall periods. Chi-square tests were employed to examine the relationships between sexual communication characteristics and condom use. This study found that sexual communications with regular partners about topics, such as condom use, HIV/STDs prevention, and current and past sexual relationship were associated with condom use with regular partners. Respondents who had sexual communications with both regular and casual partners were more likely to use condoms with their regular partners. The findings in the current study provided empirical evidence for the importance of frequent sexual communication between Chinese MSM and their sex partners.
本研究收集了 307 名男男性行为者（MSM）的横断面数据，旨在探讨性沟通的特征，包括沟通对象（稳定伴侣、偶然伴侣）、沟通主题（ condom 使用、HIV/性传播疾病预防和性史），以及性沟通特征与 condom 使用之间的关联。本研究采用了多种措施来评估受访者在不同回忆期与不同性伴侣的 condom 使用情况。卡方检验用于检验性沟通特征与 condom 使用之间的关系。本研究发现，与固定伴侣就 condom 使用、HIV/性传播疾病预防和当前及过去性关系等主题进行性沟通与与固定伴侣 condom 使用有关。与固定和偶然伴侣都有性沟通的受访者更有可能与固定伴侣使用 condom。本研究的结果为中国 MSM 与其性伴侣之间频繁的性沟通的重要性提供了经验证据。
