title: Influence of the parent-adolescent relationship on condom use among South Korean male college students.
abstract: This study examined the mediating role of condom self-efficacy between the parent-adolescent relationship and the intention to use condoms with a submodel based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Male students aged 18-25 years (n = 176) were recruited from a university in Seoul, South Korea, using a flyer and self-referral in 2004. A sample of 170 male students was retained for the final data analyses as six subjects had incomplete data on more than one instrument. Condom self-efficacy completely mediated the prediction of intention to use condoms by the quality of the mother-son relationship. However, condom self-efficacy did not mediate the relationship between the quality of the father-son relationship and the intention to use condoms. Only an indirect effect between the quality of the father-son relationship and the intention to use condoms existed. The suggested sex education programs should develop culture-specific, theory-based, and family-based interventions in order to reduce risky sexual behavior among South Korean adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. euc6@cau.ac.kr
authors.forename: Eun Seok
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Kevin H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Willa M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Doswell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003142:Communication; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012736:Sex Education; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities