Clinical profile associated with HIV risk in Spanish youth

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Published: Apr 29, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2018.n1.v2.1247
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HIV prevention condom use depressive symptoms emotional self-regulation youth

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Estefanía Ruiz-Palomino
Department of Clinical and Basic Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I
Rafael Ballester-Arnal
Department of Clinical and Basic Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I
Cristina Giménez-García
Department of Clinical and Basic Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I
Beatriz Gil-Juliá
Department of Clinical and Basic Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I
María Dolores Gil-Lario
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universitat de València

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Heterosexual transmission is the second route of new HIV infection diagnoses in Spain. A high percentage of young people use condom inconsistently. Beyond cognitive factors, emotional variables seem to be associated with sexual risk behavior. The aim was to examine the differential clinical profile between young people at risk and no-risk for HIV infection. A total of 424 heterosexuals were evaluated (M age =20.62; SD=2.16), and distributed into two groups: risk group (60.7%) and non-risk group (39.3%). They completed the AIDS Prevention Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale. Young people who do not use condoms consistently scored higher on worry about health, fear of negative evaluation, depressive symptoms and self-esteem. But no statistical differences were obtained between the group of risk and non-risk group. A multiple regression logistic analysis indicated that depression (B =.054, p = .015) and age (B =.135, p = .010) explained 5.6% of the variance in condom use. It would be relevant to continue studying the role of negative affective states and emotional self-regulation in risky sexual behaviors among this population.

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Ruiz-Palomino, E., Ballester-Arnal, R., Giménez-García, C., Gil-Juliá, B., & Gil-Lario, M. D. (2018). Clinical profile associated with HIV risk in Spanish youth. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 2(1), 387–394. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2018.n1.v2.1247
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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN TODAY'S WORLD
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