The Predictive Role of Self-efficacy, Outcome Expectancies, Past Behavior and Attitudes on Condom Use in a Sample of Female College Students

Daniele Artistico,Sara Dowd,Arielle Rothenberg,Lashandra Oliver,Mona Khalil

doi:10.5334/jeps.cl

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This study investigated the impact of self-efficacy in relation to condom use. A sample of 87 female college students completed self-report measures related to their sexual history, attitudes towards condoms and past condom use, as well as their outcome expectancy and intention to use condoms in the future. The results showed a positive correlation between self-efficacy and positive attitudes towards condom use, as well as correlations between past behavior, self-efficacy and intention to use condoms in the future. Multiple linear regression models were used to further explore the relationship between self-efficacy, past condom use, outcome expectancy and attitudes toward condoms, with the intention to use condoms in the future. The results demonstrated that both self-efficacy and past condom use are significant predictors of an individual’s intention to use condoms in the future.

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This study investigated the impact of self-efficacy in relation to condom use
Study Aims The current study aimed to address the limitations in the literature on condom use self-efficacy by including measurements of positive attitudes, outcome expectancy and behavioral intention to use condoms
The results indicated that any social desirability bias in the current study was independent from the study variables as the correlations were not significant: Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (CUSES): r(86) = −.05; Multidimensional Condom Attitudes Scale (MCAS): r(86) = −.06, intention to use condoms: r(86) = .12; negative outcome: r(86) = .08; negative outcome: r(86) = .06; and negative outcome: r(86) =

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A sample of 87 female college students completed self-report measures related to their sexual history, attitudes towards condoms and past condom use, as well as their outcome expectancy and intention to use condoms in the future. There are benefits associated with salubrious sex behaviors, such as promoting the emotional and physical bond with a partner In spite of these benefits, college students remain inconsistent condom users (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). Rather than focusing on any specific “at risk” groups, the rationale of the present study was to investigate the psychological correlates of condom use among a variety of female college students from an urban campus in New York City (NYC)

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