Factors affecting individuals dissuading sexual partners from using condoms: a comment on McDermott and Noland.
Undergraduate students at an urban, public university were asked if they had ever attempted to dissuade a sexual partner from using condoms. Over 17% of the men and nearly 15% of the women admitted to having done so, and twice as many said that a sexual partner had attempted to dissuade them. Responses to a questionnaire indicated that individuals who had attempted to dissuade use of condoms did not show a greater tendency to engage in nonsexual risk-taking behaviors. Despite their claims that attempts to dissuade partners from using condoms occurred in committed relationships, condom dissuaders did show evidence of engaging in other high-risk sexual behaviors, e.g., greater number of sexual partners, greater number of sexually transmitted diseases.
King
Bruce M
BM
Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA. bmking@uno.edu
Scott
Tamara M
TM
Wajeeh
Sunble E
SE
D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires