%0 Journal Article
%T Relaciones con m¨²ltiples parejas en mujeres universitarias: estudio comparativo en dos instituciones del noroeste de M¨¦xico
%A Pi£¿a
%A Julio Alfonso
%A D¨¢vila
%A Mariana
%A Lozano
%A Dora Isabel
%A Carillo
%A Irene Concepci¨®n
%A V¨¢zquez
%A Patricia
%J Colombia M¨¦dica
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X objective: to identify what variables influence having multiple sexual partners. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out with 542 women of two higher education institutions from the northwest of mexico, who answered a questionnaire measuring psychological variables underlying high-risk sexual behaviors. the data were analyzed with t-tests, mann-whitney u tests, and with a multiple linear regression. results: a multiple linear regression analysis showed the following results: for women from hermosillo, sonora, the predictors of high-risk sexual behaviors were biological age, age of sexual debut, and one biological state £¿i was physically excited£¿, with those variables explaining 53.4% of the total variance; for women from ciudad juarez, chihuahua, the predictors were biological age, and two types of biological states £¿i was physically excited£¿ and £¿i was under the influence of alcohol£¿, explaining 20.8% of the total variance. conclusions: the results underscore the need to design prevention programs directed to avoid hiv infection based on behavioral competencies training.
%K risky sexual behaviors
%K multiple partners
%K biological states
%K hiv infection
%K behavioral competencies.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-95342009000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en