Relationship with multiple partners in university women: a comparative study in two institutions from the northwest of Mexico
Objective: To identify what variables influence having multiple sexual partners.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 542 women of two higher education institutions from the northwest of Mexico, who answered a questionnaire measuring psychological variables underlying high risk sexua...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UACJ |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:28340108 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28340108 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina HIV infection Multiple partners Biological states Risky sexual behaviors Behavioral competencies |
| Sumario: | Objective: To identify what variables influence having multiple sexual partners.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 542 women of two higher education institutions from the northwest of Mexico, who answered a questionnaire measuring psychological variables underlying high risk sexual behaviors. The data were analyzed with T-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and with a multiple linear regression.Results: A multiple linear regression analysis showed the following results: for women from Hermosillo, Sonora, the predictors of high-risk sexual behaviors were biological age, age of sexual debut, and one biological state - «I was physically excited»-, with those variables explaining 53.4% of the total variance; for women from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, the predictors were biological age, and two types of biological states -«I was physically excited» and «I was under the influence of alcohol», explaining 20.8% of the total variance.Conclusions: The results underscore the need to design prevention programs directed to avoid HIV infection based on behavioral competencies training. |
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