title: Psychosocial correlates of condom use and their relationship with worry about STI and HIV in native and immigrant adolescents in Spain.
abstract: The goal of this study was to analyze how worry about sexually-transmitted infections (STI) and HIV influences attitudes and self-efficacy towards condom use, HIV-related knowledge, HIV-perceived susceptibility and HIV-misconceptions in a multicultural sample in Spain. The sample was composed of 3,051 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 years old who lived in Spain. Of these, 67.7% were native Spaniards and the remaining 32.3% were Latin American immigrants. Results showed that worry about STI and HIV has a direct influence on condom use self-efficacy and HIV-knowledge and HIV-perceived susceptibility. Native Spanish adolescents showed higher positive attitudes towards condom use, greater HIV-knowledge and HIV-perceived susceptibility, and lower negative attitudes towards condoms use and HIV-misconceptions than Latin American adolescents. In the discussion, the importance of worry about STI and HIV is highlighted as a mediator variable that can predict risky sexual behavior and is related to cultural origin.
authors: Departmento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, s/n. 18011, Granada, Spain. maripaz@ugr.es
authors: M Paz
authors: MP
authors: Bermúdez
authors: Angel
authors: A
authors: Castro
authors: Gualberto
authors: G
authors: Buela-Casal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain