Author: King, BM; Scott, TM; Wajeeh, SE
Abstract: V.-Undergraduate students at an urban, public university were asked if they bad 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.
Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
Publication Year: 2005
Volume: 96
Issue nr: 3
Pages: 586 - 590