caa a22 4500 477117899 CHVBK 20180405111627.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02437933 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02437933 Sensation seeking as an explanation for the association between substance use and HIV-related risky sexual behavior [Elektronische Daten] [Seth Kalichman, Timothy Heckman, Jeffrey Kelly] 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. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996 HIV-risk behavior nationallicence AIDS nationallicence substance use and sex nationallicence sensation seeking nationallicence Kalichman Seth Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut Heckman Timothy Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut Kelly Jeffrey Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 25/2(1996-04-01), 141-154 0004-0002 25:2<141 1996 25 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02437933 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02437933 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalichman Seth Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heckman Timothy Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kelly Jeffrey Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 25/2(1996-04-01), 141-154 0004-0002 25:2<141 1996 25 10508 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer