Could differences in implicit attitudes to sexual concurrency play a role in generalized HIV epidemics?

ABSTRACT: Background: Sexual partner concurrency has been implicated in the genesis of generalized HIV epidemic in South Africa. Most South Africans, however, disapprove of concurrency in surveys. These surveys test individuals' explicit attitudes which are susceptible to a number of important biases such as the social desirability bias. Assessment of implicit cognitions have been found to be better predictors of behaviour in socially sensitive domains. We hypothesized that South Africans may have implicit attitudes more tolerant of concurrency than lower concurrency prevalence populations. Methods: To test this hypothesis, we developed a concurrency-implicit association test (C-IAT) and compared the C-IATs of samples of South African and Belgian university students. Results: We

SUBMITTER: Kenyon CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221060 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature