Motivations for Sexual Behavior and Intentions to Use Condoms: Development of the Regulatory Focus in Sexuality Scale

Rodrigues, David L.; Lopes, Diniz; Pereira, Marco; Prada, Marília; Garrido, Margarida

doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1316-2

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“…and H2. Prevention (vs. promotion) focused people are driven by security, have more control over their behaviors, and are more aware of health threats (Higgins, 1998;Higgins et al, 2001;Lemarié et al, 2019;Rodrigues et al, 2019). As such, they are more careful in their search for information and procedures that can help them protect their health, leading them to feel protected against a potential infection.…”

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“…For example, prevention (vs. promotion) focused people are less trusting of others (Keller et al, 2015), and promotion (vs. prevention) focused people are more likely to feel attracted and attentive to potential partners (Finkel et al, 2009;Hui et al, 2020;Rodrigues et al, 2017). This arguably occurs because people focused on prevention perceive to have more control over their behaviors (Lemarié et al, 5 2019;Rodrigues et al, 2019), whereas people focused on promotion believe they have control over the outcomes (Guo & Spina, 2015;Langens, 2007).…”

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“…Hence, they are more likely to engage in health protective behaviors, including adhering to medical care prescriptions (Avraham et al, 2016), or maintain smoking cessation and weight loss over time (Fuglestad et al, 2008(Fuglestad et al, , 2013. This is also extended to sexual behaviors and sexual health, such that prevention (vs. promotion) focused people have stronger intentions to use condoms with casual partners in the near future (Rodrigues et al, 2019), and report having used condoms more consistently with casual partners in the last three months (Rodrigues, Lopes, et al, 2020).…”

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“…Replicating these findings, prevention (vs. promotion) focused people should be less (vs. more) willing to have sex (H3). To the extent that regulatory focus also shapes sexual health behaviors (Rodrigues et al, 2019;Rodrigues, Lopes, et al, 2020) prevention (vs. promotion) focused people should also be less (vs. more) likely to consider having condomless sex in the future (H4). Lastly, trust and safety with sex partners have been associated with sexual risk taking (Fortenberry, 2019;Masaro et al, 2008).…”

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“…We used the scale developed by Rodrigues et al (2019) that assesses motivations for prevention in sexuality (three items, α = .64; e.g., "Not being careful enough with my sex life has gotten me into trouble at times") and for promotion in sexuality (six items, α = .85; e.g., "I am typically striving to fulfill my desires with my sex life"). Responses were given on 7point scales (from 1 = Not at all true of me to 7 = Very true of me).…”

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Regulatory Focus and Perceived Safety with Casual Partners: Implications for Perceived Risk and Casual Sex Intentions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Kärgel²

2020

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Background: Fundamental motives for survival help people regulate their goal pursuit, by shaping perceptions, feelings and actions. Motives for security (i.e., prevention focus) are associated with risk awareness and risk avoidance, whereas motives for pleasure (i.e., promotion focus) are associated with risk taking. Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, survival needs and health risks are particularly salient. Hence, people focused on prevention (vs. promotion) should be more aware of health risks, more careful in their sexual behaviors, and less likely to take sexual health risks with casual partners. However, feeling safer with casual partners might mitigate some of the risks associated with sexual behaviors during this pandemic. Methods: We administered an online survey in English, Spanish and German to 550 single participants (57.6% women; Mage = 24.72, SD = 5.75). Results: Prevention focused participants were less fearful of COVID-19 infection, perceived to be better informed, and retrieved their information from scientific sources. They were also less likely to have condomless sex with casual partners, regardless how safe they perceived to be with them. Promotion focused participants were more fearful of COVID-19 infection and perceived to be better informed, but retrieved their information from non-scientific sources. They were more willing to have sex with casual partners, and more likely to consider having condomless oral sex, but only if they felt safer (vs. less safe) with their casual partnersConclusions: Our findings show the importance of individual motivations and interpersonal dynamics for risk perception and sexual health behaviors.

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Having a prevention regulatory focus longitudinally predicted distress and health‐protective behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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Balzarini

2022

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People focussed on prevention (vs. promotion) are motivated by safety and are less inclined to take risks. We tested if having a prevention (vs. promotion) focus before the COVID‐19 pandemic outbreak predicted threat perceptions and health outcomes throughout the pandemic. Participants ( N = 161) took part in a longitudinal study. Measures were assessed before the pandemic was declared (on November 2019, T1) and after a global pandemic was declared (on June 2020, T2). Participants who were more focussed on prevention prior to the onset of the pandemic (at T1) perceived greater risk and were more worried about contracting COVID‐19, and engaged in more preventive behaviours during the pandemic (at T2). They also reported less anxiety and felt healthier later on (at T2). Exploratory analyses revealed that enacting preventive behaviours helped people cope with pandemic‐related anxiety. Being motivated by security and enacting preventive behaviours seems to have helped people reduce anxiety over risk even during the pandemic.

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Reliability and Validity of the Colombian Version of the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory

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Sociosexuality refers to an individual’s disposition to have casual sex without establishing affective bonds and has been widely studied worldwide using the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R; Penke & Asendorpf, 2008). Despite its many validations in different cultural contexts, no psychometric analyses of this instrument have been conducted in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the psychometric properties of the SOI-R in Colombia. In a cross-sectional study with a large sample of participants (N = 812; 64% women), we conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to identify different factor structures and determine which had the best fit for our sample and examined the reliability of the scale. Results showed that a three-factor structure, with sociosexual behaviors, attitudes, and desire as first-order factors, and global sociosexuality as a second-order factor, had the best fit indexes. Each factor presented good reliability indexes. Replicating already established gender differences, we also found that men scored higher on each factor when compared to women. These findings show that the SOI-R is a reliable and valid instrument to assess sociosexuality in countries where sociosexuality research is underrepresented.

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Motivations for Sexual Behavior and Intentions to Use Condoms: Development of the Regulatory Focus in Sexuality Scale

Cited by 27 publications

References 55 publications

Regulatory Focus and Perceived Safety with Casual Partners: Implications for Perceived Risk and Casual Sex Intentions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Regulatory Focus and Perceived Safety with Casual Partners: Implications for Perceived Risk and Casual Sex Intentions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Having a prevention regulatory focus longitudinally predicted distress and health‐protective behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Reliability and Validity of the Colombian Version of the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory

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