Barriers to Safer Sex

Beliefs and Attitudes among Male and Female Adult Heterosexuals across Four Relationship Groups

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4229307
AutoresSusan Moore (0000-0003-4771-2876), Andrea Parker Halford (Swinburne University of Technology)
Año1999
Volumen4
Número2
Páginas149-163
Fecha de publicación1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539900400210
PMID22021476
OpenAlexW2096350097
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas33

This study of 400 heterosexual adults aged 24 to 49 years comprised married, single, separated/widowed/divorced, and cohabiting participants from three occupational groups, and concerned HIV risk within this sample. Results indicated high levels of unsafe sexual behaviours for more than onequarter of the sample, including each occupational group and relationship type. Barriers to condom use fell into five major categories: Communication Difficulties; Arousal Interference; (perceived lack of) Erotic Potential of Condoms; Trust Justification; and Practical Difficulties with Condoms. Males expressed more attitudinal barriers to condom use than females, in particular higher arousal interference and stronger use of justifications centred around trust for non-use of condoms. Higher HIV risk status was associated with maleness, younger age, single or de facto relationship status, and the attitudinal variables of high arousal interference and weaker beliefs in the erotic potential of condoms. For females only, high risk was also associated with the belief that condom use involved significant practical difficulties or 'hassles

Arousal · Condom · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Safer sex · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology