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Abstract
A survey of heterosexually active college students gathered information about condom use, self-efficacy (SE), outcome expectancies, sexual attitudes, peer group influences, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge, and perceived vulnerability to AIDS. On the basis of A. Bandura's (1986) social-cognitive theory, a structural model with SE as the central mediator was formulated and evaluated with LISREL. This model explained 46% of the variance in condom use from judgments of SE and effects attributable to peers and 53% of the variance in SE from outcome expectancies and peer group influences. Sexual attitudes, AIDS knowledge, and perceived vulnerability did not predict condom use. Most students were well-informed about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission but reported not feeling at risk, even though many engaged in risky sexual behavior.Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Americas; Barrier Methods; Behavior; Communication; Condom; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods; Developed Countries; Diseases; Education; Family Planning; Hiv Infections; Knowledge Sources; Models, Experimental; North America; Northern America; Peer Groups; Perception; Psychological Factors; Psychosocial Factors; Research Methodology; Risk Reduction Behavior; Self-perception; Sex Behavior; Sexual Partners; Students; United States; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8223358 DOI： 10.1037//0278-6133.12.5.346
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Psychol ISSN： 0278-6133 Impact factor: 4.267