Retrospective Assessment of the Association Between Drinking and Condom Use
| Autor: | Marilyn J. Hoppe, Blair Beadnell, Diane M. Morrison, Barbara C. Leigh, Mary Rogers Gillmore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Self Disclosure Health (social science) Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases Toxicology law.invention Men who have sex with men Developmental psychology Condoms Risk-Taking Condom law Humans Students Association (psychology) Retrospective Studies Reproducibility of Results Retrospective cohort study humanities Psychiatry and Mental health Sexual Partners Sexual activity - daily Sexual behavior Self-disclosure Female Psychology Developed country Research Article Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 69:773-776 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4114 1937-1888 |
| DOI: | 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.773 |
| Popis: | Retrospective reports of the association between drinking and high-risk sexual behavior can be biased by implicit theories of the effects of drinking or may represent post hoc justifications instead of accurate reports of behavior. Using data from a daily diary study, we compared daily reports of condom use when drinking and not drinking with the same participants' reports of these behaviors from a retrospective questionnaire administered after diary collection was complete.Participants included adolescents (n=145), adult sexually transmitted disease clinic clients (n=167), college students (n=145), and men who have sex with men (n=147). All participants reported their alcohol consumption and sexual activity daily for 8 weeks and then completed a retrospective questionnaire about their behavior over the diary period.Participants' retrospective judgments about whether they used condoms more or less when drinking were not significantly related to their behavior as reported in the diary. Fewer than two thirds of the participants were accurate in their recollection of the association of condom use and drinking. Teenagers and men who have sex with men were more likely to retrospectively overestimate the negative effect of alcohol on condom use.Retrospective questions about the association between drinking and condom use were consistent with actual behavior only among people who consistently either never or always used condoms. These individuals correctly reported that drinking had no effect on their condom use. For people whose condom use varies, questions about associations between drinking and sex may be difficult to answer, owing to their conditional nature, and may lead to error. |
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