Sociosexual Domains As Mediators Of The Relationship Between Trait Depression And Sexual Risk: A Serial Mediation Analysis In A Sample Of Iranian American Adults

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dc.contributor.advisorde Dios, Marcel A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberArbona, Consuelo
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Nathan Grant
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJordan, Erica
dc.creatorTorbati, Autena
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-2869-4107
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-24T19:09:47Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2023
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.date.updated2024-01-24T19:09:48Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: The existing literature on the relationship between depression and sexual risk behaviors (SRB) is mixed, which has led researchers to examine additional mechanisms that may underly the association between depression and sexual risk-taking behaviors. Findings have suggested that psychological factors such as personality dimensions, as well as one’s sociocultural attitudes and desires towards sexuality may mediate the relationship between depression and SRBs. However, the extant literature has primarily focused on symptoms of state depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder, among relatively racially/ethnically homogenous samples. Few studies have explored the role of trait depression on SRBs among diverse populations. Purpose: The purpose of the proposed study was to examine a serial mediation model involving the relationship between trait depression and sexual risk behaviors in a sample of Iranian American adults. Specifically, this study explored how sociosexual orientation, or one’s willingness to engage in sex outside of a committed relationship, may underly the relationship between trait depression and sexual risk behaviors. Methods: OLS path analyses were used to test a serial mediation model which elucidated both the direct and indirect effects of trait depression and sexual risk behaviors in a sample of 143 Iranian American adults. Results: Trait depression was found to have a significant, indirect effect on SRB through sociosexual attitude and desire scores, with an indirect effect estimate = -.02, SE = 0.01, 95% CI [-0.05, -0.005]. Conclusions: Higher levels of trait depressive symptomatology were associated with more unrestricted sociosexual attitudes and desires which, in turn, led to greater levels of SRB.
dc.description.departmentPsychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, Department of
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dc.identifier.citationPortions of this document appeared in: Torbati, A., Ullrich, H.S., Cano, M.A., Essa, S., Harvey, L., Vaughan EL, Majd, M., Fagudes, C., de Dios, M.A. (2022). Sociosexual domains as mediators of the relationship between trait depression and sexual risk: A serial mediation analysis in a sample of Iranian American adults. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100362
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/16087
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectsociosexuality
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectsexual risk behavior
dc.subjectiranian americans
dc.subjecttrait depression
dc.subjectmediation
dc.titleSociosexual Domains As Mediators Of The Relationship Between Trait Depression And Sexual Risk: A Serial Mediation Analysis In A Sample Of Iranian American Adults
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thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Education
thesis.degree.departmentPsychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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