TY - JOUR
T1 - Tactics Young Women Use to Resist Condom Use When a Partner Wants to Use a Condom
AU - Wegner, Rhiana
AU - Lewis, Melissa A.
AU - Davis, Kelly Cue
AU - Neilson, Elizabeth C.
AU - Norris, Jeanette
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection and manuscript preparation were supported by an National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grant (R01AA021379) awarded to M. A. Lewis.
Publisher Copyright:
©, Copyright © The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
PY - 2018/9/2
Y1 - 2018/9/2
N2 - Although there is a growing literature on men’s condom use resistance (CUR) tactics (e.g., direct requests, deception), little research exists on women’s CUR tactics. This study investigated young women’s (ages 18 to 21) self-reported use of CUR tactics since age 14 and related individual difference factors. Participants included 235 sexually active heterosexual women from a nationwide convenience survey sample who completed a newly adapted women’s version of the Condom Use Resistance Survey. Consistent with the limited previous research, women were most likely to use risk-level reassurance (37.9%) and seduction (33.2%) tactics. A higher frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, particularly prior to sex, lower perceived risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and a history of STI diagnosis were associated with having previously used a greater number and variety of CUR tactics. This highlights the need for CUR prevention and intervention programming for women. Future research should specifically examine women’s rationale for using CUR tactics and utilize longitudinal and experimental methods to further elucidate directional and causal relationships among individual-level risk factors, CUR, and negative sexual health outcomes.
AB - Although there is a growing literature on men’s condom use resistance (CUR) tactics (e.g., direct requests, deception), little research exists on women’s CUR tactics. This study investigated young women’s (ages 18 to 21) self-reported use of CUR tactics since age 14 and related individual difference factors. Participants included 235 sexually active heterosexual women from a nationwide convenience survey sample who completed a newly adapted women’s version of the Condom Use Resistance Survey. Consistent with the limited previous research, women were most likely to use risk-level reassurance (37.9%) and seduction (33.2%) tactics. A higher frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, particularly prior to sex, lower perceived risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and a history of STI diagnosis were associated with having previously used a greater number and variety of CUR tactics. This highlights the need for CUR prevention and intervention programming for women. Future research should specifically examine women’s rationale for using CUR tactics and utilize longitudinal and experimental methods to further elucidate directional and causal relationships among individual-level risk factors, CUR, and negative sexual health outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224499.2017.1376305
DO - 10.1080/00224499.2017.1376305
M3 - Article
C2 - 29043841
AN - SCOPUS:85031739131
SN - 0022-4499
VL - 55
SP - 817
EP - 823
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
IS - 7
ER -