Self-determination and gender–power relations as predictors of condom use self-efficacy among South African women

Abstract

This article identifies correlates of condom use self-efficacy using concepts from self-determination theory and gender–power measures. A cross-section of Xhosa-speaking women (n = 238) from Eastern Cape, South Africa, was used to conduct bivariate correlations and multivariate linear regression analyses. Gender equality beliefs and HIV knowledge were positively associated with condom use self-efficacy generally and in risky situations. Condom use self-efficacy generally was also positively associated with power balance attitudes, negative beliefs about intimate partner violence, and positive growth perspective, while the association with hopeless personal perspective was negative. Surprisingly, lack of social support was positively associated with condom use self-efficacy in risky situations. The predictors of condom use self-efficacy identified in this study that may serve as change objectives for future sexual health promotion interventions.

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“…This article reports on a component of baseline data that were collected as part of a randomized-controlled trial (Mpondo, Ruiter, van den Borne, Reddy, 2015). From September 2012 to March 2013, participants were recruited from the OR Tambo and Amathole district municipalities of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; both districts lie along the Eastern seaboard of the Indian Ocean.…”

Affect in the Context of Self-Determination Theory

“…Self-regulation reflects an individual's capacity to override a well-learned "dominant" response or a response that is strongly linked to impulses, urges, and cravings that are often reinforced by intrinsic reward (e.g., sensations of pleasure through dopaminergic pathways in the brain) Inzlicht, Schmeichel, & Macrae, 2014). Many health-related behaviors such as healthy eating, physical activity, quitting smoking, reducing alcohol consumption, and condom use require an individual to forego the short-term rewards related to engaging in the undesired health-compromising behavior, in favor of longer-term desired outcomes such as psychological well-being and quality of life (Hagger, Leung, et al, 2013;Hagger, Panetta, et al, 2013;Mpondo, Ruiter, van den Borne, & Reddy, 2015;Muraven & Shmueli, 2006). There are numerous perspectives on self-regulation; many view self-regulation as an individual difference, an enduring trait that increases individuals' capacity to pursue long-term goals over short-term gain in multiple domains (Allom, Panetta, Mullan, & Hagger, 2016;de Ridder, Lensvelt-Mulders, Finkenauer, Stok, & Baumeister, 2012).…”