The Abstinence Strategy for Reducing Sexual Risk Behavior

Jemmott, John B.; Fry, Dana

doi:10.1007/0-306-47518-9_6

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“…However, six of the participants among those who reported to be inclined toward abstinence at baseline ( n = 116), reported having a sex partner at follow-up, suggesting that the delay of onset of sexual activity to prevent HIV may be an important AIDS prevention tool, particularly for adolescents, but it may not be sufficient. Moreover, the abstinence approach has not found cogent empirical support (Jemmott & Fry, 2002 ; Silva, 2002 ). Focusing solely on abstinence might not be appropriate for all adolescents, and it certainly does not prepare them for the sexual activity they most likely will experience eventually.…”

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Action-specific Cognitions of Planned and Preparatory Behaviors of Condom Use among Dutch Adolescents

Empelen

Kok

2008

Arch Sex Behav

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Many adolescents fail to use condoms, even when they are motivated to do so. An important reason for their failure to use condoms is that they do not prepare themselves for potential sexual encounters. The present study examined the circumstances under which Dutch adolescents were likely to prepare themselves for condom use (buying and carrying). In a sample of 399 secondary school students, including students with and without sexual experience, it was found that intended condom use was not sufficient to ensure that adolescents plan and prepare for condom use. It was found that having the goal of condom use did not necessarily result in preparatory behavior, such as condom buying and condom carrying. The data showed that action-specific social-cognitive factors of preparatory behavior explained preparatory behavior, beyond the decision to use condoms. This suggests that interventions aimed at promoting condom use should focus not only on condom use itself, but should also motivate and encourage adolescents to buy and carry condoms.

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Action-specific Cognitions of Planned and Preparatory Behaviors of Condom Use among Dutch Adolescents

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Kok

2008

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“…In addition, Underhill, Montgomery, and Operario (2007) assessed the effects of sexual abstinence programs among participants in high school and found that the programs that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect abstinent behavior in adolescents. The debate over methodological issues, extent of the content, and intervention outcome in the abstinence program is still under discussion (Jemmott & Fry, 2002;Santelli et al, 2006).…”

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Waiting for the Right Time: How and Why Young Thai Women Manage to Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse

Supametaporn

Stern

Rodcumdee

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Health Care for Women International

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Nineteen young Thai women were purposively selected from networks of nongovernmental organizations involving children and youths in Bangkok. Our grounded theory findings indicated that these young women used the basic social process they called "waiting for the right time" in order to maintain heterosexual abstinence. Waiting for the right time involved one overarching condition, honoring parental love, and included three overlapping properties: learning rules, planning life path, and ways of preserving virginity. The findings provide information that may lead to the development of culturally competent interventions for middle-class Thai youths to remain healthy and avoid pregnancy.

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“…The current study suggests that the limitations of past research are due, in part, to methodological designs not adequately capturing the complexities of the process of sexual decision making among African American youth. It has been suggested that prevention strategies may be more successful if implemented earlier such as early adolescence or before the first sexual encounter (Jemmott & Fry, 2002). Our results suggest that it is important to conduct primary prevention with sexually abstinent adolescent college students and that it is equally important to perform secondary prevention with those already engaged in sexual activity.…”

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“…Health promotion of abstinence to reduce sexual risk taking behavior may benefit from such analyses. There has not been sufficient research to demonstrate the effectiveness or draw any firm conclusions about an abstinence approach to reducing the risk of HIV infection (Jemmott & Fry, 2002;Jemmott, Jemmott, & Fong, 1998;Kirby, 2000). In addition, most studies on abstinence have focused primarily on the early and middle adolescent age groups (see Jemmott & Fry, 2002).…”

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“…There has not been sufficient research to demonstrate the effectiveness or draw any firm conclusions about an abstinence approach to reducing the risk of HIV infection (Jemmott & Fry, 2002;Jemmott, Jemmott, & Fong, 1998;Kirby, 2000). In addition, most studies on abstinence have focused primarily on the early and middle adolescent age groups (see Jemmott & Fry, 2002). One possible factor contributing to inconclusive findings is a failure to identify sexually abstinent college students and the characteristics that differentiate abstinent students from those that engage in risky sexual behavior.…”

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Relationship Status, Psychological Orientation, and Sexual Risk Taking in a Heterosexual African American College Sample

Winfield

Whaley

2005

Journal of Black Psychology

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The present study examined relationship status, psychological orientation toward sexual risk taking, and other characteristics as potential correlates of risky sexual behavior in a sample of 223 heterosexual African American college students. Risky sexual behavior was investigated as a multinomial variable (i.e., abstinence, consistent condom use, inconsistent condom use, or noncondom use) to determine whether differentiation of levels of risky sexual behavior yielded meaningful psychological or demographic patterns. The hypotheses were (a) students who are in a long-term relationship are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, and (b) students who report inconsistent condom use differ from those who report noncondom use on demographic and psychological variables. The first hypothesis was partially supported. The second hypothesis was supported. The findings suggest that HIV/AIDS interventions need to take into consideration different levels of sexual risk taking with regard to condom use behavior among African American college students.

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The Abstinence Strategy for Reducing Sexual Risk Behavior

Cited by 14 publications

References 29 publications

Action-specific Cognitions of Planned and Preparatory Behaviors of Condom Use among Dutch Adolescents

Action-specific Cognitions of Planned and Preparatory Behaviors of Condom Use among Dutch Adolescents

Waiting for the Right Time: How and Why Young Thai Women Manage to Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse

Relationship Status, Psychological Orientation, and Sexual Risk Taking in a Heterosexual African American College Sample

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