Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences Díaz et al. / Latino Gay/Bisexual Men Predictors of Sexual Risk in Latino Gay/Bisexual Men: The Role of Demographic, Developmental, Social Cognitive, and Behavioral Variables

This study examined four types of predictors of sexual risk within a sample of 110 pre-dominantly English-speaking Latino gay/bisexual men residing in the city of San Fran-cisco. More than one fourth of the sample reported at least one instance of unprotected anal intercourse in the last 30 days; one fifth of the sample reported unprotected anal intercourse with a nonmonogamous sexual partner within the same time period. Find-ings suggest that weak personal intentions for safer sex and low levels of perceived self-efficacy are associated with risky sexual practices. In addition, a history of sexual abuse in childhood, drug use during sexual activity, and frequency of sex in public cruising environments emerged as significant predictors of sexual risk. Multivariate analyses indicated that a four-predictor model (including a young age, low levels of inten-tion/self-efficacy, a high frequency of sex under the influence of drugs, and a high fre-quency of sex with nonmonogamous partners) is the most parsimonious model to predict sexual risk in this population. A history of childhood sexual abuse correlated positively with all predictors of risk in the model, except age. In five different studies of gay/bisexual men in the United States, Latinos have reported the highest rates of sexual risk behavior, even when compare