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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Theory-based predictors of condom use among university students in the United States and South Africa
AIDS Education and Prevention, Volume 19, No. 1, Year 2007
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Description
This study compared the predictive value of the theory of planned behavior in university students in South Africa (N = 251) and the United States (N = 160) who completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Multiple regression analyses revealed that condom use and intention were significantly predicted by positive condom attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, and attending university in South Africa. Significant interactions between country and predictors indicated that subjective norm predicted condom use and intention more strongly in the American sample than in the South African sample; attitude predicted intentionmore strongly in the American sample than in the South African sample; but self-efficacy predicted intention more strongly in the South African sample than in the American sample. The theory of planned behavior may provide a useful framework for interventions to reduce South African students' risk of HIV/and sexuality transmitted diseases. Such interventions should especially focus on building self-efficacy to use condoms. © 2007 The Guilford Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Heeren, Gudrun Anita
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
Jemmott, John Barton
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
Mandeya, Andrew
South Africa, Alice
University of Fort Hare
Tyler, Joanne Ann
South Africa, Alice
University of Fort Hare
Statistics
Citations: 75
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1521/aeap.2007.19.1.1
ISSN:
08999546
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
South Africa