Transmission risk behaviors in a subset of HIV-positive individuals: The role of narcissistic personality features |
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Authors: | Aaron M. Martin Eric G. Benotsch Shannon Perschbacher Lance Marisa Green |
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Affiliation: | 1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, United States;2. University of Colorado Denver, United States;3. Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center, United States |
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Abstract: | Most people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) take steps to protect their sexual partners. However, a minority of PLWHA continue to engage in sexual risk behaviors that might contribute to the transmission of HIV. Psychiatric conditions, including certain pathological traits, are associated with sexual risk behaviors. Research examining the association between narcissistic traits as they relate to HIV transmission risk is limited. In the present study, 303 PLWHA were recruited from an infectious disease clinic and completed questionnaires assessing narcissistic characteristics, substance use, sexual risk behavior, and intentions to use condoms in the future. Narcissistic traits predicted unprotected sex with partners who are HIV-negative or whose HIV status was unknown as well as lower intentions to use condoms, after controlling for demographic factors and substance use. Interventions focused on reducing the transmission of HIV should take into account associations between sexual risk behavior and narcissism. |
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Keywords: | Narcissism HIV Sexual risk behavior |
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