@article{ref1,
title="Reasons for having sex and sexual risk-taking: a study of heterosexual male STD clinic patients",
journal="AIDS care",
year="1997",
author="Hoffman, V. and Bolton, R.",
volume="9",
number="3",
pages="285-296",
abstract="Individuals report a variety of reasons for having sex. Understanding these reasons can improve HIV and STD prevention efforts because they may constitute an important component in the aetiology of sexual risk-taking behaviours. Relationships between self-reported reasons for having sex and frequency of participation in sexual practices among 146 heterosexual men recruited from public STD clinics in Southern California were examined. Using a self-administered questionnaire, respondents reported how often they engaged in sex for each of 16 reasons and how frequently they participated in high, moderate, and low-risk sexual practices. A principal components analysis identified five factors used to construct scales: love; compliance; pleasure; altered states; and potency. Higher-risk sexual practices were positively associated with the pleasure and potency scales, whereas lower-risk practices were positively associated with the love scale. These findings suggest that some reasons men report for having sex may influence sexual risk-taking. Interventions to reduce unsafe sex should explicitly address how men can practise safer sex and still experience pleasure and potency.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0954-0121",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}