• openAccess   Risk behaviors for HIV infection. A review of emerging trends 

      Santiesteban Díaz, Yasel Manuel; Orlando, Solon Alberto; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (2019)
      HIV infection, acquired with the conscious participation of the recipient, is a complex problem of international concern, especially among men who have sex with men. Behaviors emerge such as bareback (intentionally unprotected ...
    • openAccess   Sexual Behaviors in Male Sex Workers in Spain: Modulating Factors 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Salmerón Sánchez, Pedro; Gil-Llario, MD; Giménez-García, Cristina Sage (2013)
      This study analyzed how the culture of origin, educational level, sexual orientation, and experience of male sex workers may mediate their commercial sexual behaviors. A total of 100 Spanish agency male sex workers were ...
    • openAccess   Sexual Compulsivity Scale: Adaptation and Validation in the Spanish Population 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gómez Martínez, Sandra; Gil-Llario, MD; Salmerón Sánchez, Pedro Taylor & Francis (2013)
      Sexual compulsivity has been studied in relation to high-risk behavior for sexually transmitted infections. The aim of this study was the adaptation and validation of the Sexual Compulsivity Scale to a sample of Spanish ...
    • openAccess   Sexual Relationships in Hispanic Countries: a Literature Review 

      Giménez-García, Cristina; Castro-Calvo, Jesús; Gil-Llario, MD; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Springer (2020-07-15)
      Purpose of Review: Sexuality is a complex dimension for which culture seems to play an important role, particularly in countries that are more traditional. This review summarizes the knowledge about sexual relationships ...
    • openAccess   Sexual sensation seeking in spanish Young men and women with diferent sexual orientation 

      Gil-Llario, MD; Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Giménez-García, Cristina; Castro-Calvo, Jesús Taylor & Francis (2014-09)
      This study analyzes the relation of sexual orientation and gender to sexual sensation seeking. Participants were 382 individuals (200 men, 182 women) between 17 and 29 years old who completed the Sexual Sensation Seeking ...
    • openAccess   Sexual Sensation Seeking: A Validated Scale for Spanish Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People 

      Gil-Llario, MD; Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Giménez-García, Cristina; Salmerón Sánchez, Pedro; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Springer (2018-11)
      Sexual Sensation Seeking has been identified as a main predictor of unsafe sex that particularly affects LGB people. This study adapts and validates the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale to Spanish LGB people. For this purpose, ...
    • openAccess   Spanish validation of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test 

      Castro-Calvo, Jesús; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Billieux, Joel; GIL JULIA, BEATRIZ; Gil-Llario, MD Akadémiai Kiadó (2018-10)
      Background and aims Sexual addiction is a pathological behavior characterized by a combination of excessive sexual desire and impaired ability to control it. Its incidence ranges between 1.2% and 32.2%, although this ...
    • openAccess   The phenomenon of Sexting among Spanish Teenagers: Prevalence, Attitudes, Motivations and Explanatory Variables 

      Gil-Llario, MD; Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Giménez-García, Cristina; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia (2020-04-09)
      El sexting es un fenómeno que consiste en el envío y la recepción de fotos, videos y/o mensajes de texto de naturaleza sexual a través de smartphones. Como en todos los demás países desarrollados, se está convirtiendo en ...
    • openAccess   The relationship between resilience and quality of life in patients with a drainage enterostomy 

      Temprado, María Dolores; García Martínez, Pedro; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Collado-Boira, Eladio Sage (2018-03)
      Impact and adjustment to a drainage enterostomy are measured mainly through health indicators. To investigate the relationship between resilience and adaptation to the placement of a drainage enterostomy. Prospective ...
    • openAccess   The Virus that Changed Spain: Impact of COVID-19 on People with HIV 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gil-Llario, MD Springer (2020-11)
      Following the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan in December 2019, where Chinese authorities confirmed 41 cases detected between December 8 and January 2, 2020, the city stopped reporting cases until January 19, when 17 ...
    • openAccess   Validation of the AIDS Prevention Questionnaire: A Brief Self-Report Instrument to Assess Risk of HIV Infection and Guide Behavioral Change 

      Gil-Llario, MD; Ruiz-Palomino, Estefania; Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Giménez-García, Cristina; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Springer (2018)
      This paper describes the process of building and validating the AIDS Prevention Questionnaire (CPS), a brief HIV risk assessment measure. An initial 64-items bank was filled out by 466 young people (192 men and 274 women), ...
    • openAccess   What Works Well in HIV Prevention Among Spanish Young People? An Analysis of Differential Effectiveness Among Six Intervention Techniques 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gil-Llario, MD; Giménez-García, Cristina; Kalichman, Seth C. Springer (2015-07)
      The AIDS epidemic remains a concern of public health among young people and adolescents. Prevention programs have revealed diverse deficiencies to attain their main goal: preventing risky behaviors. This experimental study ...
    • openAccess   Why Do Young Hispanic Women Take Sexual Risks? Psychological and Cultural Factors for HIV Prevention 

      Giménez-García, Cristina; Ruiz-Palomino, Estefania; Gil-Llario, MD; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Castañeiras, C. Elsevier (2018-09)
      Young Hispanic women have been particularly affected by HIV. For this reason, we analyzed the influence of cognitive factors, dispositional variables, and gender culture on the HIV risks of two groups of Hispanic women. ...