Reactions of heterosexual African American men to women's condom negotiation strategies. J Sex Res 2010 Nov;47(6):539-51
Date
09/18/2009Pubmed ID
19760529Pubmed Central ID
PMC2888974DOI
10.1080/00224490903216763Scopus ID
2-s2.0-78249282623 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 25 CitationsAbstract
This study describes responses of 172 single heterosexual African American men, ages 18 to 35, to condom negotiation attempts. Strategies used included reward, coercive, legitimate, expert, referent, and informational strategies, based on Raven's (1992) influence model. The purpose was (a) to identify strategies influencing participant acquiescence to request and (b) to identify predictors of participant compliance/refusal to comply with negotiation attempts. Participants viewed six videotape segments showing an actress, portrayed in silhouette, speaking to the viewer as a "steady partner." After each segment, participants completed measures of request compliance, positive and negative affect, and attributions concerning the model and themselves. No significant differences were found in men's ratings across all vignettes. However, differences in response existed across subgroups of individuals, suggesting that, although the strategy used had little impact on participant response, the act of suggesting condom use produced responses that differed across participant subgroups. Subgroups differed on levels of AIDS risk knowledge, sexually transmitted disease history, and experience with sexual coercion. Also, the "least willing to use" subgroup was highest in anger-rejection and least likely to make attributions of caring for partner. Effective negotiation of condom use with a male sexual partner may not be determined as much by specific strategy used as by partner characteristics.
Author List
Otto-Salaj LL, Traxel N, Brondino MJ, Reed B, Gore-Felton C, Kelly JA, Stevenson LYAuthor
Jeffrey A. Kelly PhD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Cluster Analysis
Condoms
Contraception Behavior
Female
HIV Infections
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Heterosexuality
Humans
Male
Negotiating
Video Recording
Young Adult
