Models of health-related behavior: a study of condom use in two cities of Argentina. AIDS Behav 2003 Jun;7(2):183-93
Date
10/31/2003Pubmed ID
14586203DOI
10.1023/a:1023902509801Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0038466131 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 13 CitationsAbstract
This study aimed at determining the relative importance of motivational and control factors in the prediction of condom use in a high-risk heterosexual sample from two cities of Argentina. Participants reported their attitudes, norms, control perceptions, intentions, and condom use with regard to main and occasional partners. Control perceptions was the main predictor for intentions to use condoms and actual condom use with both partners. Furthermore, the norm of the partner predicted condom use with the main partner, whereas the norm of family and friends predicted condom use with occasional partners. There were no differences in condom-use determinants across men and women. Interventions for this population should train at-risk heterosexuals to manage the personal and interpersonal difficulties of condom use and warn audiences of implicit theories that associate love and commitment with perceptions that condom use with main partners is unnecessary.
Author List
Glasman LR, Albarracín DAuthor
Laura R. Glasman PhD Associate Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultArgentina
Attitude
Condoms
Cultural Characteristics
Female
Forecasting
HIV Infections
Health Behavior
Humans
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Urban Population
