title: The role of individual and personality factors in controlling risky behaviours related to AIDS: Proposing a causal model.
abstract: Investigating previous studies show that personality traits have an important role in controlling risky behaviours related to AIDS; therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between AIDS health literacy, personality traits and mental health and controlling risky behaviours related to AIDS through self-efficacy.
  
  
  
  The statistical population includes all the young people in western provinces of Iran, 2015. Data analysis was carried out for a sample of 756 participants (59% female).
  
  
  
  The results show that except for the socializing trait, all the other variables are related to controlling risky behaviours. In addition, variables of health literacy related to AIDS, mental health, activity, impulsive sensation seeking and hostility have a direct relation to controlling risky behaviours. Also, the predicting behaviours can predict 62% of the variance in controlling risky behaviours related to AIDS. The analysis results show that health literacy has an indirect impact on controlling risky behaviours through self-efficacy. In other words, health literacy related to AIDS leads to controlling risky behaviours when self-efficacy is high for controlling risky behaviours.
  
  
  
  Based on the results, it is recommended that the role of self-efficacy in controlling risky behaviours be considered as a strategy for preventing AIDS. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Social Development and Health Promotion Research Centre, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaei
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence for Community Oriented for Medicine Education, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakiei
authors.affiliation: Social Development and Health Promotion Research Centre, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.|Centre of Excellence for Community Oriented for Medicine Education, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Soheyla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reshadat
authors.affiliation: Social Development and Health Promotion Research Centre, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Ramin
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ghasemi
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012309:Risk-Taking; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D055815:Young Adult