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Self‐Efficacy to Use Condoms in Unmarried Latino Adults
Author(s) -
Marín Barbara Vanoss,
Tschann Jeanne M.,
Gómez Cynthia A.,
Gregorich Steve
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1021882107615
Subject(s) - condom , health psychology , self efficacy , psychology , family planning , demography , medicine , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , public health , social psychology , environmental health , family medicine , research methodology , nursing , syphilis , sociology
Measures of self‐efficacy to use condoms can clarify the barriers to condom use Latinos encounter. A 20‐item scale, that differed slightly for men and women, and was based on extensive elicitation interviews, was used in a random digit dial household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Self‐efficacy was related to condom use for both men and women. Factor analyses revealed five correlated factors: Regular Partner, Impulse Control, Partner Resistance, STD Thoughts, and Condom Discussion. Both men and women reported lowest self‐efficacy for impulse control and using condoms with a regular partner. Less‐educated men and women had lower self‐efficacy to discuss condoms, to manage partner resistance, to use condoms with a regular partner, and to control impulses, but there were few other demographic differences in self‐efficacy. The scale can be helpful in the design and evaluation of HIV prevention.