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      Comportamiento sexual y autoeficacia para la negociación de sexo más seguro en personas heterosexuales Translated title: Sexual behavior and self-efficacy for the negotiation of safer sex in heterosexual persons

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          La autoeficacia se le ha identificado como uno de los factores que puede facilitar o dificultar llevar a cabo sexo más seguro. Estudios revelan que las personas que están el relaciones estables usan métodos de protección menos frecuente que quienes tienen parejas casuales. Realizamos un estudio con 447 personas heterosexuales activas sexualmente. Les administramos un cuestionario dirigido a medir el comportamiento sexual, el uso del condón masculino y la práctica de la masturbación mutua, y la autoeficacia para llevar a cabo estas conductas. Los resultados reflejan que los hombres están más activos sexualmente y que el uso del condón y la práctica de la masturbación mutua como alternativa de sexo más seguro es muy baja. En los casos donde se usa el condón esta práctica es realizada en su mayoría por las personas que se encuentran en una relación de pareja casual. No obstante, los/las participantes tienen altos niveles de autoeficacia hacia ambas prácticas. Aunque la autoeficacia es uno de los factores que incide en decidir llevar a cabo sexo más seguro, ésta no es suficiente para que esta meta se logre.

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          Self-efficacy has been defined as one of the factors that may facilitate or impede safer sex. Studies reveal that peoples in steady relationships practice safer sex less often that those in casual relationships. We conducted a study with 447 sexually active heterosexual adults. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to study the sexual behavior, the male condom use and the practice of mutual masturbation, and the self-efficacy toward these practices. Results show that most men are sexually active and that there is a low frequency of male condom use and the practice of mutual masturbation as safer sex. The majority of those who use the male condom are engage in casual relationships. However, participants have high levels of self-efficacy toward these practices. Although self-efficacy is one of the factors that influence in deciding to practice safer sex, it is not sufficient to reach this goal.

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              The social constructions of sexuality: marital infidelity and sexually transmitted disease-HIV risk in a Mexican migrant community.

              This article explores the social context of the migration-related HIV epidemic in western Mexico. Data collection involved life histories and participant observation with migrant women in Atlanta and their sisters or sisters-in-law in Mexico. Both younger and older women acknowledged that migrant men's sexual behavior may expose them to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.Younger Mexican women in both communities expressed a marital ideal characterized by mutual intimacy, communication, joint decisionmaking, and sexual pleasure, but not by willingness to use condoms as an HIV prevention strategy. Migrant Mexican women's commitment to an illusion of fidelity will hinder HIV prevention initiatives targeted toward them. Furthermore, the changing meanings of marital sex may make it harder to convince young couples to use condoms as an HIV prevention strategy. If the chain of heterosexual marital HIV transmission is to be interrupted in this community, prevention programs must target men.
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                Interamerican Journal of Psychology
                Interam. j. psychol.
                Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología (Porto Alegre )
                0034-9690
                August 2009
                : 43
                : 2
                : 412-424
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                [1 ] Universidad de Puerto Rico
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                S0034-96902009000200022
                2608f4b6-5ff8-466c-b5a7-67365e5c29b7

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Self-efficacy,Condom,Mutual masturbation,Risk perception,Autoeficacia,Condón,Masturbación mutua,Percepción de riesgo

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