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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 11, 1483-1494 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/014616702237576

Gender, Relationship Status, and Stereotyping about Sexual Risk

Terri D. Conley

Social Science Research Council, terriconley{at}hotmail.com

Barry E. Collins

University of California, Los Angeles

In this research, the authors integrated research on stereotyping and health to document relationship-status stereotyping about sexual risk. Drawing on research on relational schemas and implicit personality theories, the authors hypothesized that targets who were described as being in relationships would be perceived as having a lesser likelihood of risk for sexually transmitted diseases than would targets who were described as single. Gender of the targets and gender of the participants also were examined as potential moderating variables. In five vignette studies, people rated single targets as having more risky personality traits and higher probabilistic risk for STDs than partnered targets. They also reported a greater desire to be involved with someone similar to the partnered target. In general, male and female targets were perceived similarly; however, female targets were rated as having a lower probabilistic risk.


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