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  Situational factors and thought processes associated with unprotected intercourse in heterosexual students
 
 
Title: Situational factors and thought processes associated with unprotected intercourse in heterosexual students
Author: Gold, R. S.
Karmiloff-smith, A.
Skinner, M. J.
Morton, J.
Appeared in: AIDS care
Paging: Volume 4 (1992) nr. 3 pages 305-323
Year: 1992-07-01
Contents: Heterosexual students were asked to recall two sexual encounters from the preceding six months: one in which they had unprotected intercourse ('unsafe' encounter) and one in which they resisted a strong temptation to have unprotected intercourse ('safe' encounter). The aims were to record justifications for unprotected intercourse that respondents had given themselves during the unsafe encounter and to identify factors that distinguished between the encounters. In respondents recalling an unsafe encounter (n = 284), the most common self-justification reported was that there was no need for concern since measures to avoid pregnancy had been taken. The first factor that emerged from a Factor Analysis of the self-justification data involved using perceptible characteristics to infer that the partner was unlikely to be infected. Among respondents recalling both encounters (n = 173), there was a trend for type of partner to distinguish between the encounters. With this variable controlled (n = 115), desires, knowledge of condom availability, communication about condom use, degree of boredom, and level of intoxication differentiated between the encounters. The results are discussed in relation to those obtained in our earlier study of gay men.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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