Personality, Sexuality, and Substance Use as Predictors of Sexual Risk Taking in College Students Export

@article{citeulike:6007521, abstract = {Sexual risk taking among college students is common and can lead to serious consequences, such as unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. This study utilized responses from 310 undergraduate psychology students aged 18 to 23 to examine personality, sexuality, and substance use predictors of sexual risk behaviors over a six-month period. Data were collected from 2005 to 2006 at a medium-sized Midwestern U.S. university. Results indicated that greater alcohol and recreational drug use, higher extraversion, and lower agreeableness were related to sexual risk taking in men. For women, greater alcohol and drug use, higher sexual excitation, and lower sexual inhibition were predictive of sexual risk taking. Among women, but not men, sensation seeking was found to mediate the relationship between the four significant substance use, personality, and sexuality variables and sexual risk taking. Implications for sexual risk behavior prevention and intervention programming are discussed.}, author = {Turchik, Jessica A. and Garske, John P. and Probst, Danielle R. and Irvin, Clinton R.}, citeulike-article-id = {6007521}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224490903161621}, doi = {10.1080/00224490903161621}, journal = {Journal of Sex Research}, keywords = {condom, personality, risk-taking, sexual, sexuality, students}, posted-at = {2009-10-25 15:47:19}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Personality, Sexuality, and Substance Use as Predictors of Sexual Risk Taking in College Students}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224490903161621}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6007521 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6007521 N2 - Sexual risk taking among college students is common and can lead to serious consequences, such as unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. This study utilized responses from 310 undergraduate psychology students aged 18 to 23 to examine personality, sexuality, and substance use predictors of sexual risk behaviors over a six-month period. Data were collected from 2005 to 2006 at a medium-sized Midwestern U.S. university. Results indicated that greater alcohol and recreational drug use, higher extraversion, and lower agreeableness were related to sexual risk taking in men. For women, greater alcohol and drug use, higher sexual excitation, and lower sexual inhibition were predictive of sexual risk taking. Among women, but not men, sensation seeking was found to mediate the relationship between the four significant substance use, personality, and sexuality variables and sexual risk taking. Implications for sexual risk behavior prevention and intervention programming are discussed. JF - Journal of Sex Research TI - Personality, Sexuality, and Substance Use as Predictors of Sexual Risk Taking in College Students PB - Routledge KW - condom KW - personality KW - risk-taking KW - sexual KW - sexuality KW - students AU - Turchik, Jessica AU - Garske, John AU - Probst, Danielle AU - Irvin, Clinton PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224490903161621 ER -