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Factors associated with use of safer sex practices among college freshmen
Author(s) -
Diiorio Colleen,
Parsons Margaret,
Lehr Sally,
Adame Daniel,
Carlone Joyce
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770160505
Subject(s) - safer , perspective (graphical) , safer sex , psychology , variance (accounting) , demography , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , condom , sociology , syphilis , statistics , mathematics , accounting , artificial intelligence , computer science , business
Abstract The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship of knowledge of AIDS, misconceptions about AIDS, knowledge of safer sex practices, perceived susceptibility, and future time perspective to the practice of safer sex behaviors in 352 single, sexually active, college freshmen. Data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression analysis and discriminant analysis. There were too few black females for analysis. Future time perspective explained the most variance in safer sex practices for black males. Knowledge of AIDS, perceived susceptibility, misconceptions about AIDS, knowledge of safer sex practices, and future time perspective did not explain a significant amount of variance in use of safer sex practices for either white males or females. However, perceived susceptibility and future time perspective differentiated sexually active from nonsexually active white males and females. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.