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Non-monogamy agreements and safer sex behaviors

The role of perceived sexual self-control

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ID12978264
AuthorsD Rodrigues (0000-0001-5921-7819, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, corresponding author), Diniz Lopes (0000-0002-4353-2248, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Terri D Conley (0000-0001-8434-8781, University of Michigan)
Year2019
Volume10
Issue4
Pages338-353
Publication date2019-08-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19419899.2019.1649299
OpenAlexW2966573745
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited51

Attitudes toward condoms and self-control are reliable predictors of consistent condom use. However, safer sex behaviors depend on whether people are single or romantically involved. For the latter, it also depends on whether people are non-consensually non-monogamous (NCNM) or consensually non-monogamous (CNM). A cross-sectional study with 512 Portuguese heterosexual users of the Second Love website (77.0% men; Mage = 37.64, SD = 7.37; 47.8% romantically involved) examined if attitudes toward condom use were associated with safer sex behaviors – condom use negotiation and condom use frequency – and if this association was mediated by the perception of greater sexual self-control. For single participants we focused on casual partners, and for romantically involved participants we focused on both extradyadic casual partners and the primary partner. Results showed that perceived sexual self-control mediated the association between attitudes and condom use negotiation with casual partners. However, for condom use frequency there was only evidence of mediation for romantically involved (and not single) participants. Lastly, results showed mediations for both safer sex behaviors with the primary partner, but only for CNM (and not NCNM) participants. These findings highlight the importance of sexual self-control and the need to acknowledge relationship agreements

Casual · Computer security · Condom · Developmental psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Mediation · Perception · SAFER · Safer sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,75
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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