An extended expectancy-value approach to contraceptive alternatives

Cohen, Joel B.; Severy, Lawrence J.; Ahtola, Olli T.

doi:10.1007/bf00972722

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“…More recently, quantitative measures of susceptibility to getting pregnant have been employed in retrospective studies in order to assess its relationship to contraceptive use. The results have been mixed (e.g., Crosbie & Bitte, 1982;Foreit & Foreit, 1981;Herold, 1980;Peacock, 1982;Philiber, Nameron, Kaye, & Kankes, 1983). The positive relationship between susceptibility and contraceptive behavior tends to be weak to moderate when it is statistically significant.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Based on an analysis of the social structure the author hypothesized that males had less favorable attitudes because they were not typically responsible for raising their offspring. More recent studies among unmamed young women have generally found a positive relationship between the male partner's attitude toward contraception and the woman's behavior (Crosbie & Bitte, 1982;Herold, 1980;Herold & McNamee, 1982;Thompson & Spanier, 1978;Venham, 1975;Werner & Middlestat, 1979). For example, the most comprehensive study to date of social influences compared the relative importance of partner, peer, and parental attitudes for young single women and the interrelationships among these variables (Thompson & Spanier, 1978).…”

Section: Partner Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Individual Differences in Attitude‐Behavior Consistency: The Prediction of Contraceptive Behavior

Jaccard

Helbig

Wan

et al. 1990

J Applied Social Pyschol

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A model of individual differences that moderate attitude‐behavior consistency was developed and tested in the context of predicting use consistency of the diaphragm. Variables hypothesized to moderate the attitude‐behavior relationship included reactions to major life changes, the attitudes and opinions of others, sexual interest, locus of control, and the perceived susceptibility to pregnancy. Attitudes were conceptualized in terms of a Relative Contraceptive Utility (RCU), which was defined as the difference between the attitude toward the diaphragm and the attitude toward becoming pregnant. Women (N = 110) who attended family planning clinics in the New York Qty area and who used the diaphragm for an 8‐month period were interviewed in the context of a 3‐wave panel design. A threshold function between RCU and behavior was observed, such that when RCU was above an empirically derived cutoff, women tended to use the diaphragm consistently over an 8‐month period. For women with RCUs below the cutoff, attitudes were unrelated to behavior. Inconsistency of diaphragm use for these latter women was best predicted by negative reactions to close friends' experiences with the diaphragm, low levels of perceived susceptibility to pregnancy, alcohol consumption, concern about becoming too old to have children, a preference for nonromantic sex, and the partner's unwillingness to refrain from sex if the women was not prepared.

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Section: Moderator Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Partner Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual Differences in Attitude‐Behavior Consistency: The Prediction of Contraceptive Behavior

Jaccard

Helbig

Wan

et al. 1990

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…Although consumer researchers have virtually ignored the area of contraceptive preference (but see Downs, 1977, Weitz and Wright, 1979, and Wright and Weitz, 1977, for three exceptions), social and population psychologists have long been interested in the prediction of contraceptive use or contraceptive use-intention (e.g., Cohen et al, 1978;Davidson & Jaccard, 1975;Fishbein & Jaccard, 1973;Jaccard & Davidson, 1972;Werner & Middlestadt, 1979). Their studies generally consider the impact of both beliefs and values on contraceptive behavior; however, they differ from the present study in that they do not model the preferences or intentions of individuals, nor do they predict preferences or intentions across a numberof contraceptive alternatives.…”

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“…181-215;Campbell & Bere1son, 1971;Cohen, Severy, & Ahtola, 1978;Polgar & Marshall, 1976;Salyer & Bausch, 1978, pp. 6-7).…”

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Solutions to some problems in the implementation of conjoint analysis

Nickerson

McClelland

Petersen

1990

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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“…The attributes included in the CAQ were derived from two sources: (1) descriptions of the attributes of contraceptive methods suggested by Polgar and Marshall (1976) and Scrimshaw (1980) as well as prior work on the salience of contraceptive characteristics (e.g., Cohen, Severy, & Ahtola, 1978;Severy, 1984;Werner & Middlestadt, 1979); and (2) focus group findings from female college students who discussed desirable and undesirable characteristics of contraceptive methods. A detailed description of the development of the CAQ and its psychometric properties is presented in Beckman, Harvey, and Murray (1990).…”

Section: Sample and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%