| Abstract: | Eighty-two cohabiting men (41 male couples) provided data on their sexual behavior patterns with their primary partner and with other partners. A multifactorial index of risk behaviors was used to measure exposure to HIV, and the association between relationship adjustment in primary relationships and the use of safer sex practices was assessed. Relationship adjustment was higher among individual men using safer sex practices inside and outside of their primary relationships than among men using riskier sex practices. In addition, partners who practiced safer sex had lower relationship satisfaction when their primary partner practiced risky sex as opposed to safer sex. The findings are discussed with reference to the processes likely to account for the association between relationship quality and health outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
