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  • Title: AIDS-relevant condom use by gay and bisexual men: the role of person variables and the interpersonal situation.
    Author: Sacco WP, Rickman RL.
    Journal: AIDS Educ Prev; 1996 Oct; 8(5):430-43. PubMed ID: 8911570.
    Abstract:
    This study examined the relative ability of selected person variables (interpersonal self-efficacy, self-control, attitudes about the effect of condoms on sex, normative beliefs) and interpersonal-situational variables (partner preference, partner serostatus) to explain gay and bisexual males' (N = 267) condom use during insertive and receptive intercourse. Partner preference accounted for a large amount of variance in condom use by itself and when controlling for the effects of the remaining variables. Exploratory hierarchical regression analyses suggested that the receptive partner's preference influenced condom use decisions to a greater extent than did the insertive partner's. Partner serostatus alone explained little variance in condom use. However, partners serostatus interacted with subject serostatus such that dyads with concordance serostatus (i.e., both partners HIV positive or both HIV negative) used condoms the least, and dyads with discordant serostatus used condoms the most. Results suggest that the interpersonal situation plays an important role in condom use decisions. The authors examined the relative ability of selected personal variables and interpersonal-situational variables to explain gay and bisexual males' condom use during insertive and receptive intercourse. Personal variables included interpersonal self-efficacy, self-control, attitudes about the effects of condoms on sex, and normative beliefs, while interpersonal-situational variables were partner preference and partner serostatus. 267 men participated in the study. Partner preference accounted for considerable variance in condom use both alone and when controlling for the effects of the remaining variables. It was determined that the receptive partner's preference may influence condom use decisions more than the insertive partner's preference. Partner serostatus alone explained little variance in condom use. Partner's serostatus, however, interacted with subject's serostatus such that when both partners were either HIV-positive or HIV-negative, condoms were used the least often. Partners with discordant serostatus used condoms the most.
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