Is safer sex necessary with a “safe” partner? Condom use and romantic feelings

Pilkington, Constance J.; Kern, Whitney; Indest, David W.

doi:10.1080/00224499409551753

Cited by 47 publications

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“…Possibly, this is related to a lowered perception of risk. For example, Pilkington, Kern, and Indest (1994) reported that students who felt more positively about their partners and their relationships were both less concerned about AIDS and less likely to regard the prevention of AIDS as a reason for using condoms. Discussing issues related to condom use may well be perceived as an unnecessary disturbance of the romance experienced within the new relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

Condom Use at First Intercourse with a New Partner in Female Adolescents and Young Adults: The Role of Cognitive Planning and Motives for Having Sex

2006

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This study examined the extent to which cognitive planning and motives for sex can explain condom use at first intercourse with young females' most recent partner. A total of 133 female adolescents completed a questionnaire on cognitive planning (i.e., mentally preparing oneself for discussing condom use and for managing condoms), motives for having sex (i.e., having sex to express love, to experience pleasure, to enhance mood, and to please others), and condom use at this particular occasion. Logistic regression analyses showed that condom use was positively related to cognitive planning with respect to discussing condom use and negatively related to the motive for having sex to enhance mood. Cognitive planning for the management of condoms did not have a significant overall effect on condom use, but it did appear to be very effective for those adolescents who had a low score on the motive for having sex to express love. It thus appears useful to strengthen the skills of adolescents to discuss the use of condoms. Furthermore, stressing the negative affective consequences of unsafe sex may be particularly effective for those who are inclined to have sex to enhance mood, while encouraging adolescents to make plans for the management of condoms is likely to positively affect the use of condoms among those who are not primarily motivated to express love by having sex.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Condom Use at First Intercourse with a New Partner in Female Adolescents and Young Adults: The Role of Cognitive Planning and Motives for Having Sex

2006

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“…Researchers find that when partners indicate that they trust each other and believe they are in a monogamous dating relationship, they are less likely to use condoms than an individual who has multiple dating partners (Ishii-Kuntz, Whitbeck, & Simons, 1990). Crowell and Emmers-Sommer (2000) and Pilkington et al (1994) found that participants who felt more positively about their partner and the relationship-trusted their partner, reported like/love and commitment for their partner-were less concerned about AIDS and STDs and were less influenced by these risks. Further, romantic feelings toward one's partner were associated with less fear of contracting AIDS and a lessened perceived susceptibility to contracting HIV.…”

Section: Partner Trustmentioning

confidence: 97%

“If I knew then what I know now”: Seropositive individuals' perceptions of partner trust, safety and risk prior to HIV infection

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Emmers‐Sommer²

2001

Communication Studies

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“…The notion of an on-going and shared future is disrupted when one of the partners has a life-threatening disease that can be transmitted to the other partner (Adam & Sears, 1996). Nonetheless, people tend to be relatively unconcerned about contracting HIV (Pilkington, Kern, & Indest, 1994) or germs in general (Nemeroff, 1995) from a close partner. One of our HIV-positive participants described a pattern of inconsistent condom use with an HIV-negative partner:…”

Section: Couple Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 98%