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The following self-assessment allows you to evaluate the degree to which you may be at
risk for engaging in behavior that exposes you to HIV. Safer sex means sexual activity that
reduces the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus. Using condoms is an example of safer sex.
Unsafe, risky, or unprotected sex refers to sex without a condom, or to other sexual activity that
might increase the risk of AIDS virus transmission. For each of the following items, circle the
response that best characterizes your option.
Scoring
Begin by giving yourself eighty points. Subtract one point for every undecided response.
Subtract two points every time that you disagreed with odd-numbered items or with item number
38. Subtract two points every time you agreed with even-numbered items 2 through 36.
Source
DeHart, D. D., and Birkimer, J. C. 1997. The Student Sexual Risks Scale (modification of SRS for popular
use; facilitates student self-administration, scoring, and normative interpretation). Developed specifically
for this text by Dana D. DeHart, College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina; John C.
Birkimer, University of Louisville. Used by permission of Dana DeHart.