Day-level associations between drug use and sexual behavior in male couples: Actor partner interdependence modeling of timeline follow-back data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both marijuana and other illicit drugs (e.g., cocaine/crack, methamphetamines, ecstasy, gamma-hydroxybuterate, and ketamine) have been linked to the occurrence of condomless anal sex (CAS) with casual partners among sexual minority men (SMM) and these associations largely generalize to partnered SMM. Software advances now permit testing the day-level correspondence between participants' sexual behavior and their own drug use (actor effects) as well as their partners' (partner-effects).

Methods

Participants comprised 50 couples (100 individuals) recruited in the New York City metro area. All were 18 or older and identified as cis male. In each couple, at least one partner was 18-29 years old, HIV-negative, reported recent (past 30 day) drug use and recent (past 30

SUBMITTER: Starks TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8418276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature