TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Risk Among African American Women
T2 - Psychological Factors and the Mediating Role of Social Skills
AU - Curran, Timothy M.
AU - Monahan, Jennifer L.
AU - Samp, Jennifer A.
AU - Coles, Valerie B.
AU - DiClemente, Ralph J.
AU - Sales, Jessica
PY - 2016/10/19
Y1 - 2016/10/19
N2 - Prior research demonstrates a positive association between mental health problems and sexual risk for African American women. Using the social skills deficit hypothesis, we proposed that social skills mediate this relationship. African American women (n = 557, M age = 20.58) completed measures of depression, stress, emotional dysregulation, sexual risk behaviors, and perceptions of their social skills with their primary sexual partner. Social skills mediated the link between the mental health assessments and a composite sexual risk index. Theoretical implications of extending the social skill deficit hypothesis are discussed as well as implications for interventions.
AB - Prior research demonstrates a positive association between mental health problems and sexual risk for African American women. Using the social skills deficit hypothesis, we proposed that social skills mediate this relationship. African American women (n = 557, M age = 20.58) completed measures of depression, stress, emotional dysregulation, sexual risk behaviors, and perceptions of their social skills with their primary sexual partner. Social skills mediated the link between the mental health assessments and a composite sexual risk index. Theoretical implications of extending the social skill deficit hypothesis are discussed as well as implications for interventions.
KW - African American Women
KW - Depression
KW - Emotional Dysregulation
KW - Interpersonal Stress
KW - Sexual Risk
KW - Social Skills
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U2 - 10.1080/01463373.2015.1132241
DO - 10.1080/01463373.2015.1132241
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961390906
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 64
SP - 536
EP - 552
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 5
ER -