Individual and Relationship Predictors of Couple-Level Sexual Concurrency in Heterosexual South African Couples.

ABSTRACT: One of the major goals of couple-based HIV prevention programs in sub-Saharan Africa is to reduce outside sex partners, known as sexual concurrency. This cross-sectional study examined sexual concurrency at the couple-level and differentiated couples based on whether neither, one, or both partners engaged in sexual concurrency over the past 6 months. Individual predictors (alcohol use and lifetime history of physical or sexual trauma) and relationship predictors (mistrust, relationship inequity, relationship satisfaction, and sexual satisfaction) were used as predictors of couple-level sexual concurrency. A quantitative investigation using path analysis was carried out with data collected from 286 South African heterosexual couples. Results showed that alcohol use for both sexes, relations

SUBMITTER: Belus JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060824 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature