Preparatory Behavior for Condom Use among Heterosexual Young Men: A Longitudinal Mediation Model

Autor/inn/en	Carvalho, Telma; Alvarez, Maria-João; Barz, Milena; Schwarzer, Ralf
Titel	Preparatory Behavior for Condom Use among Heterosexual Young Men: A Longitudinal Mediation Model
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 42 (2015) 1, S. 92-99 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198114537066
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Males; Health Behavior; Prevention; Sexuality; Longitudinal Studies; Late Adolescents; Young Adults; Online Surveys; Social Cognition; Structural Equation Models; Self Efficacy; Predictor Variables; Intention; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Planning; Coping; Foreign Countries; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexualität; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Halbstarker; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Soziale Kognition; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Prädiktor; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Bewältigung; Ausland
Abstract	Objective: Motivation is not sufficient to actually use condoms, as self-regulatory processes are needed to translate motivation into action. Buying condoms and carrying them constitute preparatory behaviors that may serve as proximal predictors of action. Whether or not such preparatory behaviors operate as mediators between intention and action within a broader behavior change framework has been examined. Method: A sample of 150 heterosexual men between ages 18 and 25 years responded at three points in time to a computer-based survey that assessed behavior as well as social-cognitive antecedents. A structural equation model was specified that included preparatory behaviors and self-efficacy as mediators at Time 2. Results: Preparatory behaviors were the most proximal predictors of condom use, and they were, themselves, predicted by self-efficacy and intention. The latter was partly determined by positive emotional outcome expectancies. Conclusion: To bridge the intention-behavior gap, preparatory behaviors play a mediating role, and they represent a side of planning that constitutes the most proximal predictor of condom use. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01