Focusing on Safety or Pleasure Determine Condom Use Intentions Differently Depending on Condom Availability and STI Risk

Rodrigues, David L.

doi:10.1080/19317611.2023.2212651

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“…Specifically, participants who were predominantly focused on promotion (vs. prevention) reported having condomless sex more often (H1) and with a larger number of casual partners (H2; particularly in vaginal and oral sex), more sexual satisfaction with themselves and with their partners (H3), and more positive (and less negative) affect when thinking about their condomless sex experiences (H4). This pattern of results remained the same after controlling for country of residence, converging with findings from other cultural contexts (see also Evans-Paulson et al, 2022;Rodrigues, 2022Rodrigues, , 2023. The results of our study extend past research by showing that safety and pleasure motives have distinct implications for the sexual practices and the sexual experiences people have with their casual partners.…”

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“…Past research has examined prevention and promotion scores separately (e.g., , computed a continuous index (e.g., Evans-Paulson et al, 2022;Rodrigues et al, 2019), or categorized participants according to their predominant focus (e.g., Rodrigues, 2023). We took a different approach and sought to identify for the first time whether different latent profiles emerged based on the responses to our main predictor measure (i.e., regulatory focus in sexuality).…”

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“…Overall, differences in a person's predisposition towards health and safety maintenance (i.e., adopting a prevention focus) or sexual pleasure pursuit (i.e., adopting a promotion focus) uniquely shape various sexual practices. More specifically, people who are more focused on prevention are also more aware of sexual health threats (Rodrigues et al, 2019), have more positive condom use attitudes , feel like they have more control over condom use (Rodrigues et al, 2022), and are less likely to make exceptions about not using condoms (Rodrigues, 2023). In contrast, people who are more focused on promotion report stronger intentions to have condomless sex even during health-threatening contexts (i.e.…”

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Safety and Pleasure Motives Determine Perceived Risks and Rewards in Casual Sex

Rodrigues,

Carvalho,

Balzarini

et al. 2024

Sexuality & Culture

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People differ in their predispositions to value safety maintenance (i.e., disease prevention regulatory focus) or pleasure pursuit (i.e., pleasure promotion regulatory focus). Extending recent research, results of a cross-sectional study with participants living in Portugal and Spain (N = 770) showed that these individual differences resulted in a trade-off between potential health risks and pleasure rewards in sexual practices and experiences with casual partners. Specifically, people who were more focused on promotion (vs. prevention) reported riskier and more unrestricted sexual activities (more frequent condomless sex activities; more casual partners) and experienced more positive sexual outcomes (more sexual satisfaction; more positive and less negative affect related to condomless sex). This pattern of results remained the same after controlling for country differences, suggesting the robustness of our findings across different cultural contexts. Our study shows the complexity of sexual decisions and align with our reasoning that prevention-focused people tend to prioritize health safety, whereas promotion-focused people tend to prioritize sexual pleasure. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

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Balzarini

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“…Aligning with this reasoning, recent research has shown that people who are more focused on prevention in sexuality tend to be more lenient with their condom use intentions with casual partners, but only when contextual cues indicate lower health risks (Rodrigues, 2023).…”

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Do Different Sources of Sexuality Education Contribute Differently to Sexual Health and Well-Being Outcomes? Examining Sexuality Education in Spain and Portugal

Rodrigues,

Carvalho,

de Visser

et al. 2023

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Sexuality education (SE) is a fundamental right and can be acquired through different sources. In a cross-sectional online study with Spanish and Portuguese participants (N = 595), we examined differences between formal traditional sources (i.e., mandatory SE received in schools), formal modern sources (e.g., SE received in courses), informal traditional sources (e.g., talks with friends and family), and informal modern sources (e.g., pornography and online content) and their contribution to sexual health and well-being outcomes. Results showed that topics related to sexual and reproductive health were among the most addressed. Nearly all participants received SE from informal sources, whereas more than two-thirds received SE from formal traditional sources. Some differences between Spain and Portugal emerged. Results of a linear regression model showed that participants who perceived more influence from formal traditional sources reported using condoms more often, were more focused on disease prevention, and enacted more sexual health communication, but were also less sex-positive. Participants who perceived more influence from both types of informal sources attributed more importance to SE topics but reported having condomless sex more frequently and were more focused on pleasure promotion. Still, participants who perceived more influence from informal traditional sources also endorsed more internal/external consent, were more sexually satisfied, were more sex-positive, and enacted more sexual health practices. Lastly, participants who perceived more influence from informal modern sources were also more likely to have been diagnosed with an STI. Only a small proportion of participants received SE from formal modern sources and had to be excluded from this analysis. Taken together, our findings highlight the need to consider different sources for a more comprehensive and inclusive SE.

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“…Sexual pleasure during sex is well established to lead to higher sexual satisfaction and may also be associated with improved quality of life [ 25 , 26 ]. However, others have suggested that focusing only on having sex for pleasure might lead to individuals deprioritising or neglecting other aspects of sexual health, perhaps leading to things like reduced condom use [ 27 ] which could lead to decreased well-being for some. As such, the association between pleasure as a sexual motivation and physical QoL needs further exploration.…”

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Exploring the association between sexual motivation and quality of life in China and the United Kingdom

Zheng,

Armstrong

2023

PLoS ONE

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Previous research suggests that different sexual motivations may be associated with different sexual behaviours and levels of sexual satisfaction, and these may vary with cultural differences. As such, sexual motivations and cultural factors might also be associated with quality of life (QoL); however, this has not yet been explored. Using a biopsychosocial approach, this study aimed to explore associations between sexual motivation and quality of life between participants in the United Kingdom and China. 276 participants (143 British, 133 Chinese, mean age = 21.5 years) completed an anonymous online survey including validated measures for sexual motivation (YSEX?-SF) and QoL (WHOQOL-BREF). In multivariable linear regressions, pleasure motivations for sex were associated with increased physical health QoL (aOR = 0.20, 95%CI:.15-.65), while love and commitment motivations were associated with increased psychological health QoL (aOR = 0.13, 95%CI:.01-.43). Both love and commitment motivations (aOR = 0.21, 95%CI:.09-.35) and pleasure motivations (aOR = 0.20, 95%CI:.08-.36) were associated with increased social support QoL. A significant interaction was found between emotional motivations and culture (p = 0.037) such that among individuals from China, emotional motivations (i.e., love and commitment and expression) were positively associated with psychological QoL. This suggests culture may differentially affect how sexual motivations are associated with QoL and warrants further consideration in future research.

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Focusing on Safety or Pleasure Determine Condom Use Intentions Differently Depending on Condom Availability and STI Risk

Abstract: Running head: Regulatory Focus and Condom Use Acknowledgments This work was funded by the Social Observatory of the "la Caixa" Foundation (Ref.: LCF/PR/SR20/52550001) and by a grant awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Ref.: 2020.00523.CEECIND) awarded to DLR.

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

Safety and Pleasure Motives Determine Perceived Risks and Rewards in Casual Sex

Safety and Pleasure Motives Determine Perceived Risks and Rewards in Casual Sex

Do Different Sources of Sexuality Education Contribute Differently to Sexual Health and Well-Being Outcomes? Examining Sexuality Education in Spain and Portugal

Exploring the association between sexual motivation and quality of life in China and the United Kingdom

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