Cargando…

Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation

This study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to (1) investigate the relationship between frequency of condom use and negotiation strategies and (2) evaluate experiences with condom negotiations among sexually active, heterosexual, African American college women. One hundred female studen...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda, Lashley, Maudry-Beverly, Marshall, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26703642
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010040
_version_ 1782412398641020928
author McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda
Lashley, Maudry-Beverly
Marshall, Vanessa
author_facet McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda
Lashley, Maudry-Beverly
Marshall, Vanessa
author_sort McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda
collection PubMed
description This study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to (1) investigate the relationship between frequency of condom use and negotiation strategies and (2) evaluate experiences with condom negotiations among sexually active, heterosexual, African American college women. One hundred female students from a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) completed a questionnaire that included the Condom Influence Strategies Scale (CIS) and participated in a focus group. An ANOVA was conducted to compare differences between never, inconsistent, and consistent condom users. Consistent condom users scored higher than never users on the “withholding sex” subscale of the CIS (4.88 vs. 3.55; p < 0.001) as well as endorsed items more strongly on the “direct request” subscale of the CIS (4.63 vs. 3.82, p < 0.05) than never users. A thematic analysis of open discussions identified overarching themes. Similarly, refusing sex and/or having direct communications with partner emerged as primary strategies. Threats to negotiation included deciding the “right timing” of discussion and having a previous history of sexual intercourse without a condom with their partner. Other key concepts that contribute to condom negotiation are the views that condoms are a male’s responsibility and stigma of women who carry condoms.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4730431
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-47304312016-02-11 Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda Lashley, Maudry-Beverly Marshall, Vanessa Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to (1) investigate the relationship between frequency of condom use and negotiation strategies and (2) evaluate experiences with condom negotiations among sexually active, heterosexual, African American college women. One hundred female students from a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) completed a questionnaire that included the Condom Influence Strategies Scale (CIS) and participated in a focus group. An ANOVA was conducted to compare differences between never, inconsistent, and consistent condom users. Consistent condom users scored higher than never users on the “withholding sex” subscale of the CIS (4.88 vs. 3.55; p < 0.001) as well as endorsed items more strongly on the “direct request” subscale of the CIS (4.63 vs. 3.82, p < 0.05) than never users. A thematic analysis of open discussions identified overarching themes. Similarly, refusing sex and/or having direct communications with partner emerged as primary strategies. Threats to negotiation included deciding the “right timing” of discussion and having a previous history of sexual intercourse without a condom with their partner. Other key concepts that contribute to condom negotiation are the views that condoms are a male’s responsibility and stigma of women who carry condoms. MDPI 2015-12-22 2016-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4730431/ /pubmed/26703642 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010040 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda
Lashley, Maudry-Beverly
Marshall, Vanessa
Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title_full Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title_fullStr Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title_full_unstemmed Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title_short Minority College Women’s Views on Condom Negotiation
title_sort minority college women’s views on condom negotiation
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26703642
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010040
work_keys_str_mv AT mclaurinjonestywanda minoritycollegewomensviewsoncondomnegotiation
AT lashleymaudrybeverly minoritycollegewomensviewsoncondomnegotiation
AT marshallvanessa minoritycollegewomensviewsoncondomnegotiation