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Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples by Hoff, Colleen C., Beougher, Sean C.

“…Many gay male couples make agreements about whether or not to permit sex with outside partners, yet little is known about the development and maintenance of…”
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Sex and Sexual Agreement Negotiation among Trans Women and Trans Men Partnered with Cis Men by Scandurro, Anna E., Celemen, Elaika J., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…Though trans individuals have some of the highest rates of HIV in the U.S., little is known about how trans couples navigate these risks within committed…”
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Relationship-Based Predictors of Sexual Risk for HIV Among MSM Couples: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Hoff, Colleen C., Campbell, Chadwick K., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Darbes, Lynae A.

“…Behavioral and epidemiological studies report high risk for HIV among MSM couples. Over the last decade, studies have examined relationship dynamics associated…”
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Experiences of discrimination and support among trans men and women partnered with cis men by Celemen, Elaika J., Scandurro, Anna E., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…Trans individuals routinely experience discrimination. In this study, thirty-nine couples consisting of a trans partner and a cis male partner from the San…”
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Studying the Motivations Behind Sexual Agreements: A First Look at the Motivations Behind Agreement (MBA) Scale for Male Couples by Hoff, Colleen C., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Darbes, Lynae, Neilands, Torsten B.

“…Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among male couples, yet little is known about motivations behind agreements and their association with sexual risk for human…”
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Sexual agreements in the partnerships of Internet-using men who have sex with men by Gass, Katherine, Hoff, Colleen C., Stephenson, Rob, Sullivan, Patrick S.

“…Recent studies among men who have sex with men (MSM) have found that the majority of HIV transmission results from sex with a main partner. One factor likely…”
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Limitations to Participation in Family of Origin Among Same Sex Couples: A Couple-Level Minority Stressor by Hoff, Colleen C., Gonzali, Ashley Vanessa, Alston-Stepnitz, Eli, Frost, David M., LeBlanc, Allen J.

“…Emerging studies focus on minority stressors emanating from society's stigmatization of particular relationship forms (i.e., couple-level minority stressors)…”
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Measuring a New Stress Domain: Validation of the Couple-Level Minority Stress Scale by Neilands, Torsten B., LeBlanc, Allen J., Frost, David M., Bowen, Kayla, Sullivan, Patrick S., Hoff, Colleen C., Chang, Jason

“…Existing social stress frameworks largely conceive of stress as emanating from individual experience. Recent theory and research concerning minority stress…”
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Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships by Hoff, Colleen C, Chakravarty, Deepalika, Beougher, Sean C, Neilands, Torsten B, Darbes, Lynae A

“…Understanding situations that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) requires consideration of the context in which risky behaviors occur…”
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Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples: differences by agreement type and couple serostatus by Hoff, Colleen C., Beougher, Sean C., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Darbes, Lynae A., Neilands, Torsten B.

“…Gay men in relationships are often overlooked in HIV prevention efforts, yet many engage in sexual behaviors that increase their HIV risk and some seroconvert…”
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Rates of Testing for HIV in the Presence of Serodiscordant UAI Among HIV-Negative Gay Men in Committed Relationships by Chakravarty, Deepalika, Hoff, Colleen C., Neilands, Torsten B., Darbes, Lynae A.

“…We examined testing rates for HIV-negative men ( N  = 752) from a sample of gay male couples. Approximately half (52 %) tested in the past year. Among men who…”
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Attitudes Towards PrEP and Anticipated Condom Use Among Concordant HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Male Couples by Hoff, Colleen C, Chakravarty, Deepalika, Bircher, Anja E, Campbell, Chadwick K, Grisham, Kirk, Neilands, Torsten B, Wilson, Patrick A, Dworkin, Shari

“…Since the July 2012 approval by the FDA of emtricitabine/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Truvada) for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, its…”
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Communication Patterns Among Male Couples with Open and Monogamous Agreements by Gusakova, Staci, Chin, Kristi, Ascigil, Esra, Conley, Terri D., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Neilands, Torsten B., Hoff, Colleen C., Darbes, Lynae A.

“…Male couples in open relationships tend to have as equally fulfilling relationships as monogamous male couples; however, less is known about communication…”
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Sexual Risk for HIV Among Gay Male Couples: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Relationship Dynamics by Darbes, Lynae A., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Neilands, Torsten B., Beougher, Sean C., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…While the relationship context itself is increasingly being examined to understand sexual risk behavior among gay male couples, few studies have examined…”
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Relationship Dynamics as Predictors of Broken Agreements About Outside Sexual Partners: Implications for HIV Prevention Among Gay Couples by Gomez, Anu Manchikanti, Beougher, Sean C., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Neilands, Torsten B., Mandic, Carmen Gomez, Darbes, Lynae A., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…Agreements about sex with outside partners are common among gay couples, and breaks in these agreements can be indicative of HIV risk. Using longitudinal…”
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Composite Risk for HIV: A New Approach Towards Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Strategies in Couples-Based HIV Prevention Research by Gamarel, Kristi E., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Neilands, Torsten B., Hoff, Colleen C., Lykens, James, Darbes, Lynae A.

“…A substantial number of new HIV infections among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women occurs in the context of primary…”
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Development and Validation of the Power Imbalance in Couples Scale by Neilands, Torsten B., Dworkin, Shari L., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Campbell, Chadwick K., Wilson, Patrick A., Gomez, Anu Manchikanti, Grisham, Kirk K., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…Few researchers have quantitatively explored the relationship power-HIV risk nexus in same-sex male couples. We developed and validated the Power Imbalance in…”
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Assessing Self-Efficacy and Communication Regarding Sexual Agreements among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the USA: Development and Validation of Two Novel Scales by Neilands, Torsten B., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Darbes, Lynae A., O’Brien, Nathan P., Gonzalez, Ilse S., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…HIV disproportionately impacts men who have sex with men (MSM) in the USA. Building upon research on relationship constructs unique to MSM couples’…”
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Relationship Power, Sociodemographics, and Their Relative Influence on Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples by Perry, Nicholas S., Huebner, David M., Baucom, Brian R., Hoff, Colleen C.

“…Men who have sex with men (MSM) in primary relationships engage in condomless sex both within and outside their relationships and a majority of HIV…”
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Dyadic dynamics of HIV risk among transgender women and their primary male sexual partners: the role of sexual agreement types and motivations by Gamarel, Kristi E., Reisner, Sari L., Darbes, Lynae A., Hoff, Colleen C., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Nemoto, Toru, Operario, Don

“…Transgender women - individuals assigned a male sex at birth who identify as women, female, or on the male-to-female trans feminine spectrum - are at high-risk…”
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