Measures: The independent measure in the study is the PrEP treatment while the dependent variable in the study is change in sexual behavior over the course of the study. The PrEP treatment will be given both of the comparison groups and will remain constant throughout the study. The purpose of the study is to measure any change in the two comparison groups between each period gap and overall at the end of the study. At each interval, the participants will go through a mixed methods research analysis of the change in their sexual behavior. They will complete a Semantic Differential scale and an interview with a researcher. During this process both quantitative and qualitative data will be collected; quantitative data from the scale that will be used to measure their sexual behavior and qualitative data from the interviews. The primary outcome measure will be the responses to the survey at each interval; if the participants either continued their original sexual behavior or if they have changed their sexual behavior to high risk or low risk. The survey responses will be used to calculate the change in behavior, and to determine if the change that occurs is statistically significant or not. The secondary outcome measure will compare the change in sexual behaviors with the covariances identified in the study. The main covariates that …show more content…
Since this is longitudinal study, it is possible that change in behavior can be attributed to the participant’s age, as they grow older, they might change their risky behavior. As the survey will remain the same throughout the study, data results could be homogenous, as the participants will know what question they will be asked. Because the study spans two years, small amounts of participant dropouts are possible. In order to avoid attrition, the participants will be give incentives to come for each observation
This is Damian form your Monday's & Wednesday's 12:30 pm class , it came to my attention that there seemed to be some problems relating to the test we just took on chapter 2 of the Human Sexuality class. Personally, im under the impression that i took the new exam although it had no timer applied to it and some of the question's apparent responses seem a little contradictional. On this questions for example # 1; "Which of the following statements regarding the desire phase of sexual response is true?" , #2; In which of the following areas would Masters and Johnson's research on sexual response be least helpful?, #3; Which of the following most accurately describes the plateau phase?, the book clearly states that this is
The individuals that participated for this study used a format that was more of an open-response type report during a 4 months period time frame. We used: male and female sexual partners, they had to account how many times they times they had unprotected vaginal sex (e.g., not using a condoms), they also had to answer how many time they had unprotected vaginal and anal sex, with either a mates that was in jail, prison or normal every day citizen. They also had to answer if any form of alcohol or drugs where used before or after sexual contact, and the total number of partners (different partners) they were engage with.
Every night girls between the age of 10-17 go missing into the darkness of the night.
One serious issue is sexting, Sexting among teens is not only illegal, but harmful and dangerous among the sender and the receiver. Both are held responsible for child pornography and can be dealt serious consequences. Sexting causes an increase in teen suicides, anxiety self-esteem and involves pressure meaning another forum cyberbullying. Exposing these pornographic photos will not only stress the deliverer but lead to sexual harassment in conclusion.
The Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale (BSAS) (Hendrick, Hendrick, & Reich, 2006), a 23-item questionnaire, was designed to measure multi-dimensional attitudes towards sex. The scale is a modified version of the original Sexual Attitudes Scale. For the current study, the Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale will be modified and shortened. The scale is made up of the following four subscales: Permissiveness, Birth Control, Communion, and Instrumentality. Some of the items refer to a specific sexual relationship, while others refer to general attitudes and beliefs about sex. Participants are instructed to answer questions with their current partner in mind. If the respondent is not currently dating anyone, he or she should answer with the most recent partner in mind. If the respondent has never had a sexual
If sexual orientation is something that we can’t change or choose, then how are these specific preferences such as heterosexuality and homosexuality created? How does one person progress to either heterosexuality or homosexuality? Studies showed that there were genetic factors linked to influencing sexual orientation in males before they were born by increasing the female reproductive capacity in mothers during multiple births. (Iemmole, Ciani, 2008: 393) Though that doesn’t mean that there technically is a “gay gene” that has been discovered, just that several human genome studies has suggested promising areas of research that are pointing to that direction. (Iemmole, Ciani, 2008: 393) With more
The sexuality and reproductive assessment helps describes sexual fulfillment, sexual perception, and sexual self –concepts. (Edelman & Mandel, 2011). This assessment is focused on the satisfaction of one’s sexual life, and the changes that take place throughout a lifespan. Another pattern is the coping-stress tolerance pattern. This focuses on the family’s adaption to internal and external pressures related to their health, environment, and social status and how they cope with these pressures in their day to day lives. Finally, the last pattern is the values and belief pattern. Values and beliefs vary in different cultures. Therefore, the focus of this pattern is one’s attitude regarding the meaning of life, spirituality, and how these attitudes affect the family related health problems. (Edelman & Mandle, 2011).
The Trueblood Sexual Attitude Questionnaire was designed to offer insight to individuals about their attitudes towards personal sexual behaviors. Ones attitude can transform drastically over a period of time based on the amount of knowledge they gain. It can also vary due to different experiences one encounters. We were asked to fill out the Trueblood Attitude Questionnaire at the beginning of the semester, former to having knowledge of the course, and at the end of the semester, after gaining an ample amount of knowledge of the course, to understand if our attitudes towards sexual behaviors changed or did not change.
There were two primary outcome categories the data collection evaluated: 1) Sexual Risk Behavior Outcomes 2) HIV/STI Testing Outcomes. Sexual risk behavior outcomes were computed by adding responses to summarize the number of episodes of unprotected insertive anal intercourse (UIAI) and unprotected receptive anal intercourse (URAI) with main partners, as well as UAIA and URAI with casual partners.
Firstly, the client will do a initial screening of Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST-R) to make assessment of their sexual compulsive behavior which identify the presence of sex addiction and their level of addiction from 1 to 3 (Carnes, 2011). Next, is the signing of the Abstinence Contract with the client with the purpose to help remove sexually dependent behaviors, coping mechanism to link back to healthy sexuality by following the conditions of the contract and the clients will also make a abstinence and boundaries lists on the addiction. The clients will attempt the Personal Craziness Index (PCI) to understand their scale level of their addictive behavior (Carnes,
The topic about addiction resonates in my life in many ways. First, sexual addiction is a generational struggle in both my biological and adopted family. As Ray spoke, my heart was gripped with a new understanding of how any addiction can be a vicious cycle and capture the lives of men and women. The most powerful point in the presentation is how the addiction cycle works within the chemistry of the brain. Emotional triggers lead to cravings, which leads to rituals, which turns into using the “drug of choice”, which leaves the user with shame and guilt. For me, the cycle usually begins when I am overwhelmed or very stressed out. I then start looking for chocolate or something that will take the edge from the feeling of stress. I then consume
Sex. It is everywhere. We see in television shows. In magazines. On the Internet. But sex is still seen as a taboo subject in our society. I believe that being educated about sexuality is vitally important to one health. Understanding one’s body and how it impacts your life. To understand how your beliefs about sexuality and sex have developed one needs to look back over the years and how your beliefs were engrained in your life. This essay will be based on my reflection by looking back on my sexual history on how and what have significantly impacted my development of sexuality. The focus will be on my reflection of answering the sexual history questions and how I have changed and developed over the years. It is important to analyze and reflect to understand how I came to be today, that the past has created my ideas and beliefs about sex and sexuality that have shaped me.
The methodology of the study was a correlational research study. The participants used for the study were recruited from a larger research experiment that focused on HIV prevention. The study consisted of (n=264) adolescent females between the ages of thirteen and eighteen who were sexually active. To be eligible for the study, participants had to have a participating parent and between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. The participants had
Throughout the course, Religion and Sexuality, I have gained new insights on religion and its relationship to sexuality, further, I have learned skills on how to approach people about such topics (religion and sexuality) and how to critically evaluate these subjects efficiently. Lastly, this course has enabled me to discover new qualities about myself.
Engaging in sexual behavior of any kind involves some level of risk. Whether that risk is physical, emotional, or social, those who partake in sexual activity with another human being must incorporate risk into their decision-making processes. However, these decision-making processes and the definition of risk itself are heavily influenced by social schema. There is strong empirical evidence for gender differences in risk taking behaviors, but it is necessary to look deeper in order to apply current data to the topic of taking risk with sexual behavior. By considering how risky sexual behaviors are defined, the influence of social schemata, and potential mitigating factors to risky sexual behaviors, it becomes evident that social