Abstract

ARAUJO, Ludgleydson Fernandes de; BARROS NETO, Raimundo Nonato de Sousa; NEGREIROS, Fauston  and  PEREIRA, Thalita Galeno. Sexual Behaviors, Resilience and Knowledge about HIV/AIDS: A Psychosocial Analysis. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp. 127-148. ISSN 1808-4281.

Despite the advances observed in HIV/AIDS treatment of in recent decades, sexual risk behavior and the number of new HIV cases have increased. The main objective of this study was to analyze whether the psychosocial constructs, resilience and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, which are protectors against vulnerability to HIV infection, are associated with socio-demographic characteristics of individuals. The sample consisted of 600 adults from the general population. The mean age was 27.31 years (SD = 9.37), 59.2% were female and 40.8% were male. The following instruments were used: questionnaire on socio-demographic data and sexual behavior, scale of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the CD-RISC-BR resilience scale. SPSS software (v. 22) was used for data analysis. The levels of resilience varied significantly according to socio-demographic variables: gender, schooling, work situation, sexual initiation and HIV test. Regarding knowledge about HIV, we found statistically significant differences according to the characteristics: sexual orientation, sexual initiation and HIV test. Finally, it is expected that this study may contribute to the formulation of preventive health interventions regarding sexual risk behaviors and HIV.

Keywords : AIDS; knowledge; resilience; behavior; risk.

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