Motivation to reduce HIV risk behaviors in the context of the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model of HIV prevention.
The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model of health behavior was tested in a sample of 391 men who have sex with men at high-risk for HIV transmission. Prospective analyses of IMB predictors of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) confirmed a good fit. Self-rated motivation was a significant predictor of UAI, as were behavioral skills. However, the lack of information and motivational constructs that predicted behavior suggests that the IMB model is limited as a theory and has its greatest utility as a framework for guiding HIV risk reduction interventions for men who have sex with men at high-risk for HIV infection.
University of Connecticut, USA.
Seth C
SC
Kalichman
Joseph F
JF
Picciano
Roger A
RA
Roffman
D000328:Adult; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D020377:Self Efficacy