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Health Psychology

University of Connecticut

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1996

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The Perceived Aids Preventative Utility Of Knowing One's Partner Well, Jeffrey D. Fisher, Stephen J. Misovich, William A. Fisher Jul 1996

The Perceived Aids Preventative Utility Of Knowing One's Partner Well, Jeffrey D. Fisher, Stephen J. Misovich, William A. Fisher

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The public health advice to "either know your partner well, or use condoms" may have led to higher levels of risky sexual behaviour between well-acquainted individuals whose HIV status is unknown. This study assessed the extent to which college students believe that knowing their partner well eliminates the need to practice safer sex, and measured the relationship between such beliefs and the performance of necessary safer sexual practices, such as using condoms during sexual intercourse. Endorsement of beliefs that partner knowledge made safer sex unnecessary was common, and agreement with these beliefs correlated significantly and negatively with levels of AIDS …