Document 0809
 DOCN  M9440809
 TI    AIDS-related reasons for gay men's adoption of celibacy.
 DT    9404
 AU    Siegel K; Raveis VH; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1993 Winter;5(4):302-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94128504
 AB    Since it was first recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
       infection could be sexually transmitted, celibacy has been advocated by
       some as the only unequivocally effective adaptation for avoiding the
       risk of infection. Others, however, have countered that few will be
       willing to be celibate and, further, that such behavior may have adverse
       psychosocial consequences. As part of a qualitative study of gay men's
       sexual decision-making in the context of the AIDS/HIV epidemic, we
       identified a subsample of respondents who had adopted celibacy for
       varying periods of time as an adaptation to the threat of AIDS/HIV
       infection. A content analysis of these men's interviews revealed 5
       principal themes relating their reasons for choosing celibacy.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  Homosexuality/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Human  HIV Seropositivity/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Middle Age  New York City  *Sexual Abstinence
       Sexual Partners/PSYCHOLOGY  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  *Urban
       Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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