Factors affecting individuals dissuading sexual partners from using condoms: a comment on McDermott and Noland

Psychol Rep. 2005 Jun;96(3 Pt 1):586-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.96.3.586-590.

Abstract

Undergraduate students at an urban, public university were asked if they had ever attempted to dissuade a sexual partner from using condoms. Over 17% of the men and nearly 15% of the women admitted to having done so, and twice as many said that a sexual partner had attempted to dissuade them. Responses to a questionnaire indicated that individuals who had attempted to dissuade use of condoms did not show a greater tendency to engage in nonsexual risk-taking behaviors. Despite their claims that attempts to dissuade partners from using condoms occurred in committed relationships, condom dissuaders did show evidence of engaging in other high-risk sexual behaviors, e.g., greater number of sexual partners, greater number of sexually transmitted diseases.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coitus
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data*
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Persuasive Communication*
  • Risk-Taking*
  • Sexual Behavior*
  • Sexual Partners*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires