2015
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12272
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Why Female College Students Risk Pregnancy: I Just Wasn't Thinking

Abstract: Reasons women give for noncontraceptive use may have deeper meanings. It is important for both clinicians and researchers to think about possible underlying meanings and to acknowledge that they may be different than the face value of the statement. In the future, clinical questioning of women about noncontraceptive use and research into reasons for noncontraceptive use should take into account the variability of just not thinking and include appropriate follow-up questions to clarify its meaning.

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“…Participants were unaware of the effects of each form of contraception on the body, which supports previous findings that suggest young women's choice of contraception is influenced by strongly held beliefs which may or may not be based on accurate facts. Young women may have underlying reasons for their lack or distrust of contraceptive use, which is supported by these findings.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 65%
“…Participants were unaware of the effects of each form of contraception on the body, which supports previous findings that suggest young women's choice of contraception is influenced by strongly held beliefs which may or may not be based on accurate facts. Young women may have underlying reasons for their lack or distrust of contraceptive use, which is supported by these findings.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 65%
“…An important and overlooked issue in college students' sexual lives is the negotiation of contraceptive and reproductive decision making, especially from men's point of view (for exceptions, see Bearak 2014;Civic 2000). Men's views can help explain erratic condom use (Blayney et al 2018;Lewis et al 2012), poor communication between college women and men in sexual interactions (see also Armstrong, England, and Fogarty 2012;James-hawkins 2015;Raine et al 2010), and men's understandings of woman-centered reproductive technologies, such as birth control pills and intrauterine devices (IuDs). In light of this, we ask, how do college men approach pregnancy prevention and resolution methods that center on women's bodies, and what is behind some men's willingness to risk pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) due to inconsistent condom use?…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Finally, our findings have implications for contraceptive messaging and education targeted at adolescents who are just becoming sexually active and thus exploring different methods of pregnancy prevention. This is especially important as recent research has shown that attitudes and knowledge about different contraceptive methods acquired during adolescence are predictive of contraceptive behaviors in early adulthood (Guzzo & Hayford, 2013;James-Hawkins, 2015b). Given our findings, we suggest that it would be useful for researchers and policymakers to both acknowledge and better understand the potential of the use of withdrawal as a backup method that could help in reducing unintended pregnancy rates in the United States and beyond.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 65%
“…Women also linked the use of withdrawal to relationship quality and their partner's happiness. Thus, agreeing to use withdrawal was seen as a way for women to demonstrate trust in their romantic partner (Horner et al, 2009;James-Hawkins 2015b;James-Hawkins et al, 2019). Findings suggest that women in romantic relationships may be disadvantaged by the prevailing notion within university hookup cultures that sex is freely available, especially to men (Bogle, 2008), which puts added pressure on women to acquiesce to the use of withdrawal to maintain their relationship.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
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