Cochran S D, Keidan J, Kalechstein A
California State University, Northridge 91330.
Sex Transm Dis. 1990 Apr-Jun;17(2):80-6. doi: 10.1097/00007435-199004000-00007.
Increasing attention has focused on the medical risk to young, unmarried, sexually active adults of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in general and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in particular. Yet little is known empirically about the extent to which this group perceives themselves to be at risk for contracting specific STDs or is changing their behaviors to reduce their risk. In the current study, the authors report findings from two matched samples of unmarried young adults, 182 assessed in the winter of 1986 and 182 in the fall of 1987. Results demonstrated greater worry and concerns about all STDs, including AIDS, in the second sample assessed than in the first. Some behavioral changes also were noted in the second group, including increased use of condoms. Nevertheless, 44% of sexually experienced participants in the fall of 1987 reported that they had not changed their behavior in any way to reduce their risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
越来越多的关注聚焦于年轻、未婚且有性行为的成年人感染性传播疾病（STD）尤其是获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）的医学风险。然而，对于这一群体在何种程度上认为自己有感染特定性传播疾病的风险，或者是否正在改变其行为以降低风险，从实证角度了解得很少。在当前研究中，作者报告了来自两组匹配的未婚年轻成年人样本的研究结果，1986年冬季评估了182人，1987年秋季评估了182人。结果表明，在第二次评估的样本中，对包括艾滋病在内的所有性传播疾病的担忧程度高于第一次。在第二组中也注意到了一些行为变化，包括避孕套使用增加。尽管如此，1987年秋季有性经验的参与者中有44%报告称，他们没有以任何方式改变行为来降低感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）的风险。
