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Predicting Intentions of AIDS‐Preventive Behavior Among Adolescents
Author(s) -
KRAHÉ Barbara,
Reiss Corinna
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1995.tb02391.x
Subject(s) - condom , psychology , normative , theory of reasoned action , theory of planned behavior , normative social influence , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , norm (philosophy) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , control (management) , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , philosophy , management , syphilis , epistemology , political science , law , economics
The aim was to predict adolescents' i]ntentions of regular condom use on the basis of an extended version of Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action. Attitude and subjective norm concerning regular condom use were measured along with their antecedent beliefs and evaluations, with fear of AIDS and knowledge about AIDS included as additional variables. A mixed‐gender sample comprising both sexually active and sexually inexperienced adolescents was studied. The results strongly support the impact of attitude toward regular condom use as a determinant of a corresponding behavioral intention. Normative pressures failed to predict intentions of regular condom use, as did fear of AIDS and knowledge about AIDS. The findings are discussed with respect to intervention campaigns aimed at promoting condom use among adolescents as an AIDS‐preventive measure.