Motivations for condom use: Do pregnancy prevention goals undermine disease prevention among heterosexual young adults?

Cooper, Mick; Agocha, V. Bede; Powers, Anne M.

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“…Condoms are not used for a variety of reasons, including the social stigma associated with purchasing, carrying, and using condoms, and the smell and sensation of sex with condoms ( Bryan, Schindeldecker, and Aiken, 2001 ). They are used to some extent because people are able to associate their use with decreased risk of STI transmission and, perhaps even more, appreciate their pregnancy prevention effectiveness ( Cooper, Agocha, and Powers, 1999 ). To increase condom use, then, interventions must either attenuate the costs associated with condoms (e.g., increasing sensation), or increase the net benefits of using condoms.…”

Section: Psychological Systems For Neutralizing Pathogensmentioning

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An Evolutionary Perspective on Health Psychology: New Approaches and Applications

2012

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Abstract:Although health psychologists' efforts to understand and promote health are most effective when guided by theory, health psychology has not taken full advantage of theoretical insights provided by evolutionary psychology. Here, we argue that evolutionary perspectives can fruitfully inform strategies for addressing some of the challenges facing health psychologists. Evolutionary psychology's emphasis on modular, functionally specialized psychological systems can inform approaches to understanding the myriad behaviors grouped under the umbrella of "health," as can theoretical perspectives used by evolutionary anthropologists, biologists, and psychologists (e.g., Life History Theory). We detail some early investigations into evolutionary health psychology, and we provide suggestions for directions for future research.

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Section: Psychological Systems For Neutralizing Pathogensmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Evolutionary Perspective on Health Psychology: New Approaches and Applications

2012

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One Measure, Two Motives. Prediction of Condom Use and Interaction Between Two Prevention Goals Among Heterosexual Young Adults: Preventing Pregnancy and/or Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Although the dual function of condom use (preventing pregnancy and preventing STDs) is well known, little is known about the determinants of condom use for STD prevention when contraception is not an issue. We compared two intentions to use condoms with a new sex partner: one based on a vignette not mentioning pregnancy risk and one on a vignette explicitly stating there was no risk of pregnancy. We also investigated whether intentions to use condoms change when there is no pregnancy risk, to allow such changes to be predicted from an STD risk-perception perspective. This cross-sectional survey was completed by 151 undergraduate students. The correlation coefficient between the two intentions about condom use approached zero (0.02; p=.783). Logistic regression showed that two STD risk-perception variables distinguished between consistent and non-consistent reporters of their intention to use condoms. Findings are discussed from the perspectives of policy, methodology and theory.

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Moving the Message Beyond the Methods: Toward Integration of Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV Prevention

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American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Motivations for condom use: Do pregnancy prevention goals undermine disease prevention among heterosexual young adults?

Cited by 9 publications

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An Evolutionary Perspective on Health Psychology: New Approaches and Applications

An Evolutionary Perspective on Health Psychology: New Approaches and Applications

One Measure, Two Motives. Prediction of Condom Use and Interaction Between Two Prevention Goals Among Heterosexual Young Adults: Preventing Pregnancy and/or Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Moving the Message Beyond the Methods: Toward Integration of Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV Prevention

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