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. 2017 Aug;29(4):289-301.
doi: 10.1521/aeap.2017.29.4.289.

HIV Prevention Fatigue and HIV Treatment Optimism Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Kathryn Macapagal  1   2 , Michelle Birkett  1   2 , Patrick Janulis  1   2   3 , Robert Garofalo  4 , Brian Mustanski  1   2
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HIV Prevention Fatigue and HIV Treatment Optimism Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Kathryn Macapagal et al. AIDS Educ Prev. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

HIV prevention fatigue (the sense that prevention messages are tiresome) and being overly optimistic about HIV treatments are hypothesized to increase HIV risk behavior. Little research has examined these constructs and their correlates among young men who have sex with men (YMSM), who are at high risk for HIV. YMSM (N = 352; Mage = 20; 50% Black) completed measures of prevention fatigue, treatment optimism, HIV risk behaviors, and HIV-related knowledge and attitudes during a longitudinal study. Overall, YMSM reported low levels of HIV prevention fatigue and treatment optimism. Path analysis (n = 307) indicated that greater prevention fatigue and treatment optimism predicted higher rates of condomless sex, but condomless sex did not predict later increases in prevention fatigue or treatment optimism. Results are inconsistent with the hypothesis of high prevention fatigue and treatment optimism among YMSM and point to potential causal relationships among these variables and condomless sex.

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Path Model with Parameter Estimates. Note. The model was estimated using Monte Carlo integration with the number of condomless sex partners being modeled using a zero-inflated Poisson distribution. Covariates are not shown. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.001
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