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Condom Use on Spring‐Break Vacation: The Influence of Intentions, Prior Use, and Context 1
Author(s) -
MatickaTyndale Eleanor,
Herold Edward S.
Publication year - 1999
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.1559-1816.1999.tb00137.x
Subject(s) - condom , casual , psychology , social psychology , context (archaeology) , interpersonal communication , demography , variance (accounting) , family planning , population , geography , medicine , research methodology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , family medicine , political science , business , accounting , syphilis , law , archaeology
Triandis' theory of interpersonal behavior was used to analyze factors related to condom use among Canadian spring‐break vacationers in Daytona Beach, Florida, who had engaged in coital activity with existing relationship partners ( N = 46) or casual partners ( N = 121). Intention to use condoms explained 36% of the variance in condom use with relationship partners, but only 10% with new partners. An additional 43% was explained by prior condom use and conditions facilitating condom use. Conditions facilitating condom use had the strongest influence on condom use, with new partners followed by prior condom use and intentions. The latter two variables exerted both direct and indirect influences on condom use.