Differences in Impulsivity and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Inner-City Crack/Cocaine Users and Heroin Users
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-14-2005
Keywords
Sexual risk behavior, Impulsivity, Crack/cocaine, Heroin
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.08.013
Abstract
The current study utilized a sample of 123 inner-city drug users in residential treatment, comparing sexual risk behavior (SRB) across primary users of (a) heroin and not crack/cocaine, (b) crack/cocaine and not heroin, and (c) both heroin and crack/cocaine. Additional analyses also examined impulsivity as a mediator of drug choice and SRB. Results indicated that SRB was higher in primary crack/cocaine users than in primary heroin users, with those using both drugs evidencing intermediate levels of SRB. Beyond differences in SRB, a similar pattern across drugs was found for impulsivity. Finally, impulsivity mediated the relationship between drug choice and SRB. Although further research is necessary to establish causal relationships, these results support a relationship between SBR and crack/cocaine, and suggest that disinhibition processes including impulsivity may underlie this relationship.
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No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, v. 77, no. 2, p. 169-175
Scholar Commons Citation
Lejuez, C W; Bornovalova, Marina A; Daughters, Stacey B; and Curtin, John J, "Differences in Impulsivity and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Inner-City Crack/Cocaine Users and Heroin Users" (2005). Psychology Faculty Publications. 145.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/145
