ArticleAIDS and behavior2014
Personal or relational? Examining sexual health in the context of HIV serodiscordant same-sex male couples.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Relationship quality among people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Pooled it
- Pleasure and PrEP: A Systematic Review of Studies Examining Pleasure, Sexual Satisfaction, and PrEP.Journal of sex research · 2022Pooled it
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- Delineating the dyadic coping process in HIV serodiscordant male couples: a dyadic daily diary study using the common fate model.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Sexual satisfaction, an indicator of sexual health and well-being? Insights from STI/HIV prevention research in European men who have sex with men.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Communal or Autonomous? Coping Experiences of Chinese Serodiscordant Male Couples to HIV Care: A Dyadic Qualitative Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Social capital and HIV-serodiscordance: Disparities in access to personal and professional resources for HIV-positive and HIV-negative partners.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Partners' Consensus About Joint Effort and COVID-19 Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- The effects of intimate relationship characteristics on unprotected anal intercourse among same-sex male couples in China: a dyadic analysis using the actor-partner interdependence model.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Couples-focused intervention to improve engagement in HIV care: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2021Article
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- Do Male Couples Agree on Their Sexual Agreements? An Analysis of Dyadic Data.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
- Closeness Discrepancies and Intimacy Interference: Motivations for HIV Prevention Behavior in Primary Romantic Relationships.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2019Article
- Negotiating sexual safety in the era of biomedical HIV prevention: relationship dynamics among male couples using pre-exposure prophylaxis.Culture, health & sexuality · 2018Article
- Relationship Factors Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior and High-Risk Alcohol Consumption Among Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men: Challenges and Opportunities to Intervene on HIV Risk.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- Partner Reports of HIV Viral Suppression Predict Sexual Behavior in Serodiscordant Male Couples.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Article
- Advances in HIV prevention for serodiscordant couples.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2014Review
- An omitted level: an examination of relational orientations and viral suppression among HIV serodiscordant male couples.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2014Article
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Abstract
Couples' ability to adopt a "we" orientation has been associated with optimal health outcomes. This study examined how personal and relational motivations are uniquely associated with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), protected anal intercourse (PAI), and the absence of sexual activity within HIV-serodiscordant same-sex male couples. HIV-positive men and their HIV-negative partners (N = 116 couples, 232 men) completed questionnaires and HIV-positive men had blood drawn for viral load. Results of a multinomial logistic regression illustrated that sexual satisfaction was positively associated with PAI among HIV-negative partners and negatively associated with PAI among HIV-positive partners. Endorsing a "we" orientation was positively associated with PAI among HIV-positive partners. Findings suggest that HIV-positive partners who espouse a "we" orientation may be willing to forgo their personal interests to protect their HIV-negative partners from HIV transmission. Couples-based interventions are warranted to help strengthen relationship dynamics to enhance the sexual health of serodiscordant couples.
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