Predicting Safer Sex Practices: The Interactive Role of Partner Cooperation and Cognitive Factors |
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| Authors: | Anna V. Wilkinson Charles J. Holahan Elizabeth W. Drane-Edmundson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Texas Institute for Society and Health , Rice University , M.S.40, Main 6100, Houston, TX, 77005, USA;2. Department of Psychology , University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX, 78712, USA;3. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education , University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX, 78712, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study integrates aspects of cognitive and social contextual approaches to understanding the practice of safer sex. Study participants were 398 unmarried college students attending one of two institutions of higher education in Texas. As predicted, individuals who perceived more cooperation from their sexual partner to practice safer sex were significantly more likely to do so than those who saw their partners as uncooperative. Especially important, as predicted, partner cooperation also moderated the relationship between cognitive and behavioral predictors and safer sex. These moderation findings demonstrate that partner cooperation limits the range of operation of psychological factors that have been shown in previous research to play a significant role in deciding to practice safer sex. |
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| Keywords: | Safer Sex Cooperation Cognitive Factor |
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