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The Close Relationship Context and HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Among Mexican Americans

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The purpose of this study was to determine, within a community sample of 115 Mexican Americans, the association of relationship variables to participants' HIV risk perception, use of condoms, and HIV-related communication with a relationship partner. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses with the total sample and within each gender separately revealed that intimacy and commitment were related to HIV risk perception, condom use, and HIV-related communication even after effects of age, gender, acculturation, marital status, and length of relationship were controlled. The pattern of significant correlates differs, however, in the total, women-only, and men-only samples. Results suggest that intimacy and commitment are important elements of the close relationship context that should be considered in HIV risk reduction efforts among Mexican Americans.

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Castañeda, D. The Close Relationship Context and HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Among Mexican Americans. Sex Roles 42, 551–580 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007095221993

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