Partner‐specific relationship characteristics and condom use among young people with sexually transmitted diseases

Katz, Barry P.; Fortenberry, J.Dennis; Zimet, Gregory D.; Blythe, Margaret J.; Orr, Donald P.

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“…42 These findings also partially align with studies suggesting that emotional sexual motivations are typically associated with lighter, less varied sexual behavior choices, whereas pleasure as a sexual motivator is usually associated with more frequent, penetrative-type sexual behaviors. [18][19][20][21][22][23] We found that among both male and female participants, feeling in love was generally associated with less complex partnered sexual interaction choices (e.g., one vaginal event only), while either an individual's or their partner's wanting to have sex was associated with more involved sets of sexual behaviors (e.g., multiple vaginal events). These data could reflect the process by which sexual motivations are linked to desired end goals in a given sexual event.…”

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“…[18][19][20] Other research has suggested that having sex for intimacy reasons may also be associated with more frequent sex. 18,21,22 Gender differences may exist in these patterns. For example, in a sample of college students, women reporting higher levels of emotional motives, including love and commitment, during sexual interactions involving only oral sex only, or during sexual interactions with vaginal sex and oral sex.…”

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Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

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Harezlak

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Sex. Health

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IntroductionAs they move from adolescence into emerging and early adulthood, men and women continue to be at elevated risk for the adverse outcomes associated with sexual activity. 1 Traditional public health prevention approaches to this risk typically focus on changing an individual's behaviors (e.g. reducing sexual activity or consistent condom and contraceptive use). 2 A significant limitation of this focus, however, is that it obscures how the context of a given romantic/sexual relationship precedes and organizes the decisions people make about sex. 3,4 Many public health agencies now recognize that advancing sexual health requires greater attention to the partnership factors that are associated with STI risk and protection behaviors. [3][4][5] Part of this attention includes examination of how personal-and partner-specific affect motivates individuals to choose, exclude and/or combine specific behaviors as part of their sexual repertoire. 9,10 Background Gender Differences in Sexual MotivationsOver the past two decades, literature has documented a wide range different factors men and women cite as motivations for sexual activity. Some of these studies support gender differences in these motivations, suggesting that physical desirability, sexual pleasure or power, such as feeling "horny," wanting physical release or stress relief, are cited by more men as reasons to have sex, whereas the perceived emotional benefits of sex, such as psychological closeness, bonding, intensify commitment, love or affection, factor more prominently for women. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Other work has found gender similarities in sexual motivations for sex, with many young and adult men report enjoying close emotional ties to sexual partners, 13,14 and many women pursuing specific sexual activities in response to sexual desire specific sexual activities 15,16 Additionally, in a sample of young and emerging adults, 17 both men and women endorse satisfying sexual desires as a primary reason, and feeling in love with a boy/girlfriend as secondary reason, to have sex. 17 Emotional motivations for sex are similarly reported by both men and women. 6,18 Linking Sexual Motivations to Sexual BehaviorsLess is known about how specific sexual motivations link to specific sexual behaviors. In general, studies show that having sex for pleasure is typically associated with more penetrative sexual behaviors, such as men's receiving oral sex, or participating in vaginal or anal sex, whereas endorsing love, intimacy or other emotional reasons for sex is associated with lighter behaviors, such as kissing, genital touching, massage or a woman's receiving oral sex. [18][19][20] Other research has suggested that having sex for intimacy reasons may also be associated with more frequent sex. 18,21,22 Gender differences may exist in these patterns. For example, in a sample of college students, women reporting higher levels of emotional motives, including love and commitment, during sexual interactions involving only oral sex only, or during sexual inter...

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“…As relationship partners' evaluations of their relationship quality increases, they may no longer see a need to use condom. Indeed, the literature on condom use does suggest that relationship partners evaluate condom use more negatively and are less likely to use condoms when their relationship is of higher quality (e.g., Katz, Fortenberry, Zimet, Blythe, & Orr, 2000).…”

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The Causal Effects of Relational Security and Insecurity on Condom Use Attitudes and Acquisition Behavior

Sakaluk

Gillath

2015

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Research on attachment and condom use has been limited to correlational studies of selfreport measures, yielding inconsistent results. Here, we examined the causal effects of attachment priming on self-reported condom use attitudes and an observational measure of condom acquisition behavior. In three experiments, participants were exposed to one of three attachment primes (security, anxiety, or avoidance) or a control prime. For Study 1, participants in the security and anxiety conditions preferred condom non-use to a greater extent, compared to participants in the avoidance condition. This effect was replicated in Study 2, and was mediated by perceptions of sexual health threat. In Study 3, the effect of security priming on condom acquisition behavior was eliminated through the use of a framing manipulation, though, the effect of primed attachment on condom use attitudes was not significant. A Meta-Analysis, however, revealed that the predicted effects of attachment priming were consistent across the three studies, supporting the role of attachment in evaluations of condom use. Priming attachment security or anxiety lead participants to perceive their sexual partners as less of a sexual health threat, resulting in a devaluation of condom use. Primed security also reduced condom acquisition behavior, though this negative effect eliminated by framing condoms as protecting a partner's sexual health. Overall, these studies suggest that relational factors, such as attachment, require greater consideration when studying sexual health and designing interventions.

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“…Otro elemento vinculado al uso de anticonceptivos es la naturaleza de la relación; en las relaciones casuales o de corto plazo es más frecuente el uso del condón, y en las más estables o duraderas y de naturaleza romántica es menos probable su uso, que suele sustituirse por otros métodos (Manlove et al, 2010;Benefo, 2004;Katz et al, 2000). De esta manera, a medida que la duración de las relaciones entre los jóvenes se amplía, los adolescentes incrementan sus probabilidades de haber usado alguna vez anticonceptivos, pero reducen las de usar el condón de una manera consistente (Ku et al, 1994, citado por Manlove et al, 2003Manlove et al, 2004;Fortenberry et al, 2002;langer et al, 1994;lameiras et al, 2008).…”

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“…la baja calidad de la relación afecta negativamente el uso del condón (Katz et al, 2000;Manning et al, 2007), y las relaciones establecidas o exclusivas dan paso a la interrupción del uso de condones (Misovich et al, 1997;Katz et al, 2000;Civic, 2000) y a su sustitución por otros métodos, usualmente hormonales (Seal y Palmer, 1996;lameiras et al, 2008).…”

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Conocimiento y uso de anticonceptivos entre los jóvenes mexicanos. El papel del género / Contraceptive Knowledge and Use among Young Mexicans: The Role of Gender

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Con base en datos provenientes de la Encuesta En general se observan diferencias importantes entre los factores relacionados con el uso de anticonceptivos alguna vez y los factores asociados al uso del condón en las relaciones con la pareja actual. El uso de anticonceptivos aparece asociado positivamente tanto entre los hombres como entre las mujeres con las condiciones socioeconómicas más favorables, con más conocimientos sobre los anticonceptivos, y con un mayor núme-ro de compañeros sexuales (sólo para los varones). Entre las mujeres también el hecho de ser estudiante favorece el uso de anticonceptivos.No obstante, cuando se incorporan al análisis elementos propios de la relación de noviazgo y se circunscribe el análisis a la frecuencia de uso del condón en las relaciones sexuales con la pareja actual, pierden relevancia los factores objetivos y cobran significancia ciertos elementos más subjetivos propios de la relación: la diferencia de edad con la pareja (para hombres y mujeres), la duración del noviazgo (para las mujeres), quién decide cuándo y cómo tener sexo (para los hombres), el apoyo que ofrece la pareja (sólo los hombres), la actitud hacia los roles de género (en el caso de los hombres), y la presencia de violencia emocional (para los hombres) y de violencia física.

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Partner‐specific relationship characteristics and condom use among young people with sexually transmitted diseases

Cited by 103 publications

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Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

The Causal Effects of Relational Security and Insecurity on Condom Use Attitudes and Acquisition Behavior

Conocimiento y uso de anticonceptivos entre los jóvenes mexicanos. El papel del género / Contraceptive Knowledge and Use among Young Mexicans: The Role of Gender

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