Cognitive-emotional mechanisms of alcohol intoxication-involved HIV-risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM).

ABSTRACT: Alcohol use is a key risk factor for HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), primarily because it interferes with condom use. However, little is known about the cognitive-emotional mechanisms through which alcohol influences decisions to use condoms with high-risk partners among MSM. In this study, we tested whether alcohol-related deficits in inhibitory control and attention bias toward sexual cues (vs. condoms and neutral cues) accounted for increases in condomless anal sex (CAS) intentions after drinking among MSM. Heavy-drinking, high-risk MSM (N = 83) were randomly assigned to receive (a) alcohol, (b) placebo, or (c) control beverages before behavioral tasks assessing inhibitory control and attention bias, and a video-based sexual risk scenario that assessed severa

SUBMITTER: Wray TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382306 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature