Is risky sex rational
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10209674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven D Pinkerton (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Paul R Abramson (0000-0002-7940-3691, University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 561-568 |
| Publication date | 1992-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224499209551667 |
| OpenAlex | W2177357351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 20 |
Consideration of a simple model of sexual decision‐making suggests that many individuals who engage in risky sexual practices do so for “rational” reasons. Within a framework of subjective values and perceptions, risky sex may be rational in the sense that the benefits derived from sexual expression outweigh the threat of loss from AIDS. One implication of this conceptualization is that in order to understand risky behavior, primary consideration must be accorded the perceptions, attitudes, and desires of the individual
Conceptualization · Economics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Order (exchange · Perception · Safer sex · Sexual behavior · Computer Science · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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Risks of infection with the HIV
Sexual Behavior, Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Among Agency-Based Male Escorts in a Small U.S. City
Beyond the Sexual Monad
Sex and mortality
How risky is risky sex
What Is a Condom Worth
Impact of HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men
Barebacking, the Internet, and Harm Reduction
Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy Among Men Who Engage in “Bareback Sex”
Establishment of safety paradigms and trust in emerging adult relationships
Risk Evaluation and Risky Behavior of High and Low Sensation Seekers
Condomless Sex
The Effects of Impulsivity, Sexual Arousability, and Abstract Intellectual Ability on Men’s and Women’s Go/No-Go Task Performance
Motivational Influences on the Safer Sex Behavior of Agency-based Male Sex Workers
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Negotiating Risks in Context
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Sexual Sensation Seeking and Internet Sex-Seeking of Middle Eastern Men Who Have Sex with Men
Rational decision-making among male street prostitutes
Make Me Your Death Slave
Seeking trust and transcendence
Barebacking
Women as 'sex workers,' men as 'boyfriends
Attitudes toward HIV testing among impoverished inner-city African-American women
Sex and Reason
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Adolescents
Behavioral Decision Theory
Aids and behavioral change to reduce risk
Adolescents and Aids
Aids and sexual behavior reported by gay men in San Francisco
Sexual scripts and Aids prevention
Sexual activities in bathhouses in Los Angeles county
Sexuality in the aids crisis
Factors affecting aids‐related sexual risk‐taking behavior among college students
Sexual self control as a mediator of high risk sexual behavior in a New York city cohort of HIV+ and HIV‐ gay men
Reasons for having and avoiding sex
Perceived personal immunity
Differences between males and females in motives for engaging in sexual intercourse
Aids, Sexuality, and Sexual Control
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |