Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2016
Interactive Relationships Between Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Delay Discounting on Risky Sex.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sexual discounting: A systematic review of discounting processes and sexual behavior.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
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- An Event-Level Investigation of Young Men's Condom Use Resistance: Associations with Global Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Daily Drinking and Sex Motives.Journal of sex research · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Past Condom Use and Condom Use Intention Among Male Construction Worker Clients of Sex Workers in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Parallel Multiple Mediator Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- A Qualitatively-Informed Approach to Examining the Construct Validity of Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence.Sexuality & culture · 2025Article
- Longitudinal tracking of alcohol expectancies and their associations with impulsivity in alcohol naïve youth in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
- Self-Control Training: A Scoping Review.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Article
- Bi+ Men's Explanations for Substance Use Disparities in Their Community.Journal of bisexuality · 2024Article
- Delay Discounting and Sexual Decision-Making: Understanding Condom Use Behavior Among U.S. College Students.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- How Alcohol Influences Mechanisms of Sexual Risk Behavior Change: Contributions of Alcohol Challenge Research to the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2021Review
- Substance use in a sexual context: The association of sex-related substance use motives with substance choice and use behaviors.Journal of substance use · 2021Article
- A reinforcer pathology model of health behaviors in individuals with obesity.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020Article
- Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa.BMC public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSex-related alcohol expectancies reflect the degree to which a person believes alcohol will affect her or his sexual behavior. Sex-related alcohol expectancies have been found to be predictors of drinking in sexual situations and engagement in risky sexual behavior after drinking. However, less is known about individual characteristics that may moderate these associations. Building upon recent evidence that steep delay discounting is associated with alcohol-related sexual risk taking, this study aimed to test the hypothesis that the associations between sex-related alcohol expectancies and alcohol-related sexual risk taking would be stronger among individuals who discount delayed rewards more steeply.
methodsThe current sample comprised 126 Emergency Department patients (Mage = 27.37; 55% male) who reported high-risk alcohol use and sexual behavior during the past 3 months. Sex-related alcohol expectancies were assessed in 3 behavioral domains: increased riskiness, decreased nervousness, and enhanced sexuality.
resultsAll 3 expectancy domains were associated with quantity and frequency of alcohol use, as well as percentage of alcohol-related condomless sex. Delay discounting moderated 2 of these relationships, such that the associations between expectancies for alcohol-induced sexual risk taking and the enhancement of sexuality and percentage of alcohol-related sexual risk-taking were significantly stronger in individuals who exhibited steeper delay discounting.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that individuals who both discount delayed rewards more steeply and hold strong sex-related alcohol expectancies are a particularly high-risk population. Such individuals may benefit from a combination of novel preventive strategies targeting sex-related alcohol expectancies and impulsive decision making.
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