Kalichman S C, Heckman T, Kelly J A
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 1996 Apr;25(2):141-54. doi: 10.1007/BF02437933.
Past research has shown that recreational drug use correlates with sexual behaviors that confer high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The present study tested the hypothesis that sensation seeking, a disposition characterized by the tendency to pursue novel, exciting, and optimal levels of arousal, accounts for a majority of the variance in associations between substance use and high-risk sexual behavior. Ninety-nine homosexually active men completed measures of sensation seeking, self-reported sexual behavior, and substance use. Path analysis and hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that sensation seeking accounts for the observed relationship between substance use and high-risk sexual behavior. We conclude that personality characteristics, often ignored in high-risk sexual episodes, predict risk behavior over and above substance use, and may be useful in tailoring HIV prevention interventions.
过去的研究表明，使用消遣性药物与具有感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）高风险的性行为相关。本研究检验了以下假设：寻求刺激，一种以追求新奇、刺激和最佳唤醒水平为特征的性格倾向，在物质使用与高风险性行为之间的关联中占大部分变异。99名有同性恋行为的男性完成了寻求刺激、自我报告的性行为和物质使用的测量。路径分析和分层回归分析表明，寻求刺激解释了物质使用与高风险性行为之间的观察到的关系。我们得出结论，在高风险性行为中经常被忽视的人格特征，除了物质使用之外还能预测风险行为，并且可能有助于定制HIV预防干预措施。
