Training Condom Use Skills for Sexually Active College Students

• Main Author: Smith, Teresa E. (Teresa Elizabeth)
• Other Authors: Guarnaccia, Charles Anthony
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 1994
• Subjects: Condoms; Sexual behavior; College students; Safe sex; Sexually transmitted diseases > Prevention.; Sexually transmitted diseases > Study and teaching.; Condoms.; College students > Sexual behavior.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279011/

Eighty-nine single, sexually active, heterosexual college students (ages 17-24) participated in one of two intervention conditions. Experimental groups were taught skills specific to condom use and sexual communication via a multimedia presentation. Control groups viewed a video on an unrelated topic. Individuals in the experimental conditions were expected to show higher levels of self-efficacy, greater knowledge concerning diseases, and improved attitudes about condoms immediately following the intervention. They were also expected to report safer sexual practices at the one month follow-up. Findings reveal that improved attitude and knowledge scores did not translate into behavioral changes.