Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents: the synergistic role of affective and rational processes
| Autor: | Petrus J. de Vries, Alison Swartz, Eugene Lee Davids, Catherine Mathews, Yanga Zembe |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Safe Sex
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sexual Behavior Psychological intervention Disease law.invention Developmental psychology Nonprobability sampling Condoms South Africa Condom law Pregnancy medicine Humans Reproductive health business.industry Public health Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Adolescent Behavior Female Thematic analysis Biostatistics Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | BackgroundCondom use remains the most effective behavioural method for the prevention of HIV and unplanned pregnancies. However, condom use remains inconsistent among young people. Exploring the condom use decision-making processes that adolescents engage in might provide information that would assist in the prevention of many challenges related to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. This study therefore aimed to explore the factors that influenced decision-making about sexual debut and condom use of adolescents from two schools in the Western Cape, South Africa.MethodsA sample of 16 adolescents were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured, individual interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data generated.ResultsThe link between sexual debut and affective processes was frequently discussed in condom use decision-making. Decisions about sexual debut were influenced by the belief that sex was a perceived symbol of ‘true love’ on the one hand, and respect for perceived parental expectations of age-appropriate sex, on the other. Condom use decision-making was shaped by adolescents’ concerns about their future and lack of stability in their lives. Adolescents’ fears of pregnancy, parenthood and disease shaped their condom use decision-making. It became evident that rational and affective decision-making in condom use choice were not mutually exclusive, but that these processes happened simultaneously.ConclusionsThe study highlighted the role of affective states as part of the process of examining alternatives when deciding to use a condom or not. Interventions to strengthen condom use decision-making should therefore incorporate not only rational but also affective processes to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes. |
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