HIV sexual risk behavior following bereavement in gay men. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1999. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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HIV sexual risk behavior following bereavement in gay men.

Health Psychol. 1998 Sep;17(5):403-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/98446893
Mayne TJ; Acree M; Chesney MA; Folkman S; Department of Psychology, New York University, New York; 10003-6634, USA. mayne@psych.nyu.edu

Abstract: The present study followed a group of 100 gay men up to 1 year before and 1 year after losing a partner to AIDS (University of California, San Francisco Coping Project). Following bereavement, participants were at increased risk for engaging in unprotected anal intercourse: at 4 to 6 months for HIV-negative men and at 8 to 12 months for HIV-positive men. Sociodemographic variables, HIV serostatus, substance use, depression, prebereavement relationship quality, and social support did not explain sexual risk-taking in this sample. However, men who engaged in unprotected anal intercourse were twice as likely to be involved in a new primary relationship as those who did not. The authors concluded that risk varies over time by HIV status and may involve engagement in new relationships.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adult *Bereavement Depressive Disorder/ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY Homosexuality, Male/*PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV Seropositivity/*TRANSMISSION Interpersonal Relations Longitudinal Studies Male Risk Assessment Sex Behavior/PSYCHOLOGY Social Support Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Time FactorsKWDjournalarticleadultKWDbereavementdepressivedisorder/etiology/psychologyhomosexuality,male/KWDpsychologyhumanhivseropositivity/KWDtransmissioninterpersonalrelationslongitudinalstudiesmaleriskassessmentsexbehavior/psychologysocialsupportsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDtimefactors
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