Abstract
The present research aimed to examine the relationships among gender, condom-related protective behavior strategies (PBS), and condom use during alcohol-related sexual behavior. Heavy drinking, sexually active U.S. undergraduate college students from a large northwest university (N = 454; 61.7% female) completed a web-survey that included measures of drinking, sexual behavior, and condom-related PBS. MANOVA findings suggested that males were more likely to use condom-related PBS than females. Negative binomial regression results suggested that use of condom-related PBS by both genders was positively associated with condom use during alcohol-related sexual behavior, but especially for women. These results suggest that condom-related PBS may be useful to incorporate in interventions targeting alcohol-related sexual behavior among heavy drinking college students.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 727-735 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Sex Roles |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 9-10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Condom use
- Protective behavior strategies
- Sexual behavior