14

If I could have sex with this guy, I would not care about using condoms.

0.50

−0.04

0.07

0.26

0.48

9

Just for today, barebacking is not a big deal.

0.44

0.21

0.00

0.14

0.46

[The second factor: Optimism/Defiant Attitude (α = 0.79)]

18

I am taking the antiviral medicine, so I will not be re-infected with HIV.

−0.03

0.76

0.09

−0.15

0.48

20

I am TOP, so even if I do not use condoms, the chance to be HIV or STD infected will still be very small.

−0.08

0.65

−0.06

0.10

0.42

19

This guy does not look like he is carrying HIV, so it is unnecessary to use condoms.

0.04

0.64

−0.14

0.22

0.60

13

If we never do internal cumshot, having sex bareback is not a problem.

0.07

0.62

−0.10

0.04

0.41

4

I am BOTTOM, and the chance that my partner will be infected is very small.

−0.07

0.49

0.12

−0.01

0.27

1

The number of viruses is very small, they should not be transmitted to others.

0.01

0.47

0.03

−0.10

0.19

17

Anyway, I have been infected with HIV, I do not care about being co infected by other sexually transmitted diseases.

0.07

0.37

0.13

0.04

0.28

[The third factor: Denial of Concern of Transmitting (α = 0.79)]

5

This man probably makes love with many people bareback, so he will not know who he is infected by.

−0.08

−0.09

0.87

0.10

0.67

3

The partner might have been infected with HIV, so using condoms is unnecessary.

0.06

0.10

0.72

−0.11

0.59

2

If the partner wants to have unsafe sex, it would be his responsibility if it got transmitted.

0.12

−0.06

0.53

−0.07

0.31

6

Even if the partner was infected, he could still live normally by undergoing treatment. It would not be a big deal.

0.00

0.28

0.51

0.03

0.51

[The fourth factor: Concern about Relationships (α = 0.72)]

15

I may be alienated from my partner if I refused to have sex bareback.

−0.08

−0.03

−0.01

0.80

0.56

16

If I propose that we use condoms, people would suspect that I am carrying HIV.

−0.07

0.02

−0.03

0.79

0.57

12

Maybe it was strange to use condoms now because we have not used them for a while.

0.20

0.04

0.15

0.39

0.41

Inter-factor correlations 1)

-

0.57

0.61

0.50

2)

-

-

0.53

0.69

3)

-

-

-

0.40