Condom use among high-risk adolescents: testing the influence of alcohol use on the relationship of cognitive correlates of behavior.
The goal of this study was the exploration of distal effects of alcohol use on condom use. Criminally involved adolescents completed an initial measure of attitudes, beliefs, and prior behavior. Of the 300 who completed the initial measurement, 267 (89%) completed a behavioral assessment 6 months later. Analyses validated a theoretical model of condom use intentions and indicated that intentions and attitudes measured at baseline were significant predictors of condom use behavior 6 months later. Neither alcohol use nor alcohol problems moderated relationships among model variables or the influence of intentions and attitudes on behavior. The findings do not support a distal role for alcohol use in altering the cognitive correlates of condom use intentions and behavior among high-risk adolescents.
Bryan
Angela
A
Department of Psychology and Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA. angela.bryan@colorado.edu
Rocheleau
Courtney A
CA
Robbins
Reuben N
RN
Hutchinson
Kent E
KE
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003071:Cognition; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires