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      Motivation to reduce HIV risk behaviors in the context of the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model of HIV prevention.

      Journal of Health Psychology
      Adult, Disclosure, Female, HIV Infections, epidemiology, prevention & control, psychology, Health Behavior, Homosexuality, Male, statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Motivation, Risk-Taking, Self Efficacy

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          The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model of health behavior was tested in a sample of 391 men who have sex with men at high-risk for HIV transmission. Prospective analyses of IMB predictors of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) confirmed a good fit. Self-rated motivation was a significant predictor of UAI, as were behavioral skills. However, the lack of information and motivational constructs that predicted behavior suggests that the IMB model is limited as a theory and has its greatest utility as a framework for guiding HIV risk reduction interventions for men who have sex with men at high-risk for HIV infection.

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