Condom use with a casual partner: What distinguishes college students' use when intoxicated? Export

@article{680, abstract = {Determining alcohol's precise role in sexual risk taking has proven to be an elusive goal. Past research has produced mixed results, depending on characteristics of individuals, their partners, and the situation, as well as how the link between alcohol consumption and sexual behavior was assessed. In this study, cross-sectional predictors of the frequency of condom use were examined for 298 heterosexual college students at a large urban university. In hierarchical multiple regression analyses that controlled for frequency of condom use when sober, alcohol expectancies regarding sexual risk taking and self-efficacy regarding condom use when intoxicated were significant predictors of frequency of condom use when intoxicated. These findings highlight the importance of targeting beliefs about alcohol's disinhibiting effects in STD- and HIV-prevention programs.}, author = {Abbey, Antonia and Parkhill, Michele R. and Buck, Philip O. and Saenz, Christopher}, citeulike-article-id = {3197551}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY1-4NJ1YVX-8/2/6aac660d281d9e768318d13212ed3909}, journal = {Psychology of Addictive Behaviors}, keywords = {alcohol, college-students, condom-use, hiv-prevention, risky-sexual-behavior}, number = {1}, pages = {76-83+}, pdf = {internal-pdf://abbey\_2007-4090735626/abbey\_2007.pdf}, posted-at = {2008-09-05 17:03:30}, priority = {0}, title = {Condom use with a casual partner: What distinguishes college students' use when intoxicated?}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY1-4NJ1YVX-8/2/6aac660d281d9e768318d13212ed3909}, volume = {21}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - 680 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3197551 N2 - Determining alcohol's precise role in sexual risk taking has proven to be an elusive goal. Past research has produced mixed results, depending on characteristics of individuals, their partners, and the situation, as well as how the link between alcohol consumption and sexual behavior was assessed. In this study, cross-sectional predictors of the frequency of condom use were examined for 298 heterosexual college students at a large urban university. In hierarchical multiple regression analyses that controlled for frequency of condom use when sober, alcohol expectancies regarding sexual risk taking and self-efficacy regarding condom use when intoxicated were significant predictors of frequency of condom use when intoxicated. These findings highlight the importance of targeting beliefs about alcohol's disinhibiting effects in STD- and HIV-prevention programs. IS - 1 JF - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors TI - Condom use with a casual partner: What distinguishes college students' use when intoxicated? VL - 21 SP - 76-83 KW - alcohol KW - college-students KW - condom-use KW - hiv-prevention KW - risky-sexual-behavior AU - Abbey, Antonia AU - Parkhill, Michele AU - Buck, Philip AU - Saenz, Christopher PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY1-4NJ1YVX-8/2/6aac660d281d9e768318d13212ed3909 ER -