HIV-transmission knowledge, five-factor personality traits and psychopathy as determinants of risky sexual behaviors
Abstract
This paper is a part of research project "Personality traits, emotional and social processes as determinants of health" (009-0092660-2658), supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports. HIV-transmission knowledge, five-factor personality traits and psychopathy as determinants of risky sexual behaviorsJASNA HUDEK-KNEŽEVIĆ, IGOR KARDUM and NADA KRAPIĆ On a sample of 203 males and 219 females the effects of HIV-transmission knowledge, five-factor personality traits and three components of psychopathy (antisocial behavior, interpersonal manipulation and impulsive thrill seeking) on overall risky sexual behaviors as well as risky sexual behaviors during previous month were explored by using a series of hierarchical regression analyses.The main hypothesis tested in this research is that psychopathy is an important predictor of risky sexual behaviors beyond and above the knowledge about the consequences of risky sexual behavior and personality traits.The results show that HIV-transmission knowledge predicts only overall risky sexual behaviors on the sample of men.Five-factor personality traits do not predict either measure of risky sexual behaviors in men and on the sample of women extraversion is a positive predictor of both measures of risky sexual behaviors.Antisocial behavior significantly and positively predicts both criterion variables on the sample of men and on the sample of women impulsive thrill seeking positively predicts only overall risky sexual…
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