Influencing A Partner to Use a Condom

A College Student Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12005017
AutoresSherrine Chapman De Bro (The Claremont Graduate School, autor correspondente), Susan M Campbell (0000-0001-6967-2815, Middlebury College), Letitia Anne Peplau (University of California, Los Angeles)
Ano1994
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas165-182
Data de publicação1994-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb00449.x
PMID12287707
OpenAlexW2169505745
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas35
Referências citadas20

Little is known about the influence strategies that young heterosexual adults use to persuade a new sexual partner to use or avoid the use of condoms. College students' ( N = 393) opinions about and experiences with six condom power strategies were examined. Overall, students gender-typed the strategies as “feminine” when the goal was to persuade a partner to use condoms and as “masculine” when trying to avoid condom use. Effectiveness and comfort ratings of the strategies varied both by students' gender and the particular tactic being evaluated. Gender differences also emerged in students' actual experiences with the strategies. When trying to encourage condom use, men utilized seduction most often; whereas, withholding sex was the most popular tactic used by women. For avoiding condom use, men were more likely than women to employ seduction, reward, and information. Implications for understanding the impact of gender and social influence in the domain of condom use are discussed

Condom · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Safer sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology