OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relation between partner dependence and sexual risk behavior in the context of the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model. METHODS: STI clinic patients (n = 1432) completed a computerized interview assessing partner dependence, condom use, and IMB variables. RESULTS: Men had higher partner-dependence scores than women did. Patients reporting greater dependence reported less condom use. Gender did not moderate the partner dependence-condom-use relationship. Partner dependence did not moderate the relation between IMB constructs and condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is needed to determine how partner dependence can be incorporated into conceptual models of safer sex behaviors.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relation between partner dependence and sexual risk behavior in the context of the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model. METHODS: STI clinic patients (n = 1432) completed a computerized interview assessing partner dependence, condom use, and IMB variables. RESULTS:Men had higher partner-dependence scores than women did. Patients reporting greater dependence reported less condom use. Gender did not moderate the partner dependence-condom-use relationship. Partner dependence did not moderate the relation between IMB constructs and condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is needed to determine how partner dependence can be incorporated into conceptual models of safer sex behaviors.
Authors: H Irene Hall; Ruiguang Song; Philip Rhodes; Joseph Prejean; Qian An; Lisa M Lee; John Karon; Ron Brookmeyer; Edward H Kaplan; Matthew T McKenna; Robert S Janssen Journal: JAMA Date: 2008-08-06 Impact factor: 56.272