Young women's condom use: The influence of acceptance of sexuality, control over the sexual encounter, and perceived susceptibility to common STDs.

Abstract

A comprehensive model of the determinants of condom use among young women was developed, tested, and replicated, with longitudinal follow-up to assess predictive utility of the model for condom use over time. Participants in Study 1 and Study 2 were 198 female undergraduates (mean age, 18.6 years) and 238 female undergraduates (mean age, 19.1 years), respectively. Acceptance of sexuality and control over the sexual encounter were related to a multidimensional measure of condom use self-efficacy, which predicted condom use intentions. Perceived susceptibility to STDs was both directly related to intentions and indirectly related through perceived benefits and attitudes about condom use. Intentions predicted subsequent reports of condom use. The model suggests foci for condom use interventions for young women.

Evaluation of an STD/HIV intervention program among Marine security guards.

“…Behavioral intentions have generally been found to be more consistently related to condom use than any other psychosocial variable (see meta-analysis by Sheeran et al, 1999). Attitudes toward condoms have also been found to be very consistently associated with condom use (Abraham et al, 1992;Bryan, Aiken, & West, 1997;Catania, Coates, & Kegeles, 1994;Sheeran et al, 1999). Our findings regarding the other psychosocial variables (e.g., Social Norms, Self-Efficacy) are also consistent with past research on condom use (Brown et al, 1992;Marin et al, 1997;Peterson et al, 1992).…”

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“…2). In the past decades, perceived self-efficacy has been shown to predict intention to use condoms (Jemmott & Jemmott, 1992;Joffe & Radius, 1993;Kvalem & Traeen, 2000), actual use of condoms (Brafford & Beck, 1991;Bryan, Aiken, & West, 1997;Kasen, Vaughan, & Walter, 1992;Wulfert & Wan, 1993), and contraception in general (Heinrich, 1993).…”

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“…This was measured at T1 with 3 items drawn from previous research (Aspinwall, Kemeny, Taylor, Schneider, & Dudley, 1991;Bryan, Aiken, & West, 1997;Gerrard, Gibbons, & Bushman, 1996): "When you compare yourself to the average gay/bisexual man, how likely are you to get HIV? ", "Would you say that you are the type of person who is likely to get HIV?…”