Aspects of impulsivity are differentially associated with risky sexual behaviors |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany;2. Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, LWL University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Hamm, Germany;1. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;2. Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Risky sexual behavior (RSB) greatly increases the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, as well as a host of other negative outcomes. Recent advances in personality research have defined multiple and separate dispositions to engagement in impulsive behaviors, including RSB. Little is known concerning the ways in which aspects of impulsivity place individuals at risk for various types of RSB. The purpose of the current study, therefore, was to further clarify the unique ways in which aspects of impulsivity were differentially associated with various forms of RSB within a large, diverse sample of university students ages 18-to-24 years (N = 917). Results suggest low self-control confers a general risk while a tendency toward impulsive behavior in the context of intense emotion confers a more specific risk as for various types of RSB. The current study confirms the importance of focusing on both various pathways to impulsive behaviors as well as specific types of RSB. |
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| Keywords: | Risky sexual behaviors Sexual risk taking Impulsivity |
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