Young men's shame about their desire for other men predicts risky sex and moderates the knowledge - self-efficacy link.

• Main Authors: Mina ePark (Author), Janeane Nicole Anderson (Author), John L Christensen (Author), Lynn Carol Miller (Author), Paul Robert Appleby (Author), Stephen John Read (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recent findings suggest that a strong negative social emotion (i.e., shame) increases YMSM's sexual risk-taking. Unchangeable shame (e.g., desire for other men) might undermine (moderate) the link between knowledge and self-efficacy or between self-efficacy and unprotected anal inte...