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HIV/STD Risk Among Incarcerated Adolescents: Optimism About the Future and Self‐Esteem as Predictors of Condom Use Self‐Efficacy 1
Author(s) -
Bryan Angela,
Aiken Leona S.,
West Stephen G.
Publication year - 2004
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.1559-1816.2004.tb02577.x
Subject(s) - psychology , optimism , condom , psychosocial , population , clinical psychology , self esteem , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , developmental psychology , social psychology , demography , psychiatry , medicine , family medicine , syphilis , sociology
We tested a psychosocial model of condom‐use intentions among incarcerated adolescents, who are at exceptionally high risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Incarcerated adolescents (n = 150: 139 male, 11 female; age = 13 to 17 years; 44% Hispanic, 39% Caucasian) provided face‐to‐face interviews. The model included past condom use and 2 classes of constructs: (a) general health‐behavior‐related constructs; and (b) sub‐population‐relevant developmental predictors. Affective attitudes, descriptive norms, and self‐efficacy for condom use predicted intentions directly. Mediational linkages from optimism about the future and self‐esteem through self‐efficacy to intentions were confirmed. Two characterizations of the relationship of attitudes to intentions were explored, yielding 2 models that accounted for between 45% and 51% of variance in intentions.