Lisa Bowleg|Gary J. Burkholder|Seth M. Noar|Michelle Teti|David J. Malebranche|Jeanne M. Tschann
Sexual Scripts and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Heterosexual Men: Development of the Sexual Scripts Scale
George Washington University|National Hispanic University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Missouri Health System|University of Missouri|University of Pennsylvania|University of California, San Francisco
sexual scripts widely shared gender culturespecific guides sexual behavior important implications hiv prevention although several qualitative studies document sexual scripts may influence sexual risk behaviors quantitative investigations sexual scripts context sexual risk rare mixed methods study involved qualitative development quantitative testing sexual scripts scale sss study 1 included qualitative semistructured interviews 30 black heterosexual men sexual experiences main casual sex partners develop sss study 2 included quantitative test sss 526 predominantly lowincome black heterosexual men factor analysis sss resulted 34item sevenfactor solution explained 68 variance subscales coefficient alphas romantic intimacy scripts 86 condom scripts 82 alcohol scripts 83 sexual initiation scripts 79 media sexual socialization scripts 84 marijuana scripts 85 sexual experimentation scripts 84 among men reported main partner n 401 higher alcohol scripts media sexual socialization scripts marijuana scripts scores lower condom scripts scores related sexual risk behavior among men reported least one casual partner n 238 higher romantic intimacy scripts sexual initiation scripts media sexual socialization scripts lower condom scripts scores related higher sexual risk sss may considerable utility future research black heterosexual mens hiv risk