Journal article
Women may underestimate their partners' desires to use condoms: Possible implications for behaviour
Journal of Sex Research, Vol.47(1), pp.59-65
2009
Abstract
Australian young adults reported how often they wanted to use condoms in both romantic (n=667) and casual relationship (n=152) contexts and how often they thought their partners wanted to use condoms. Young adults wanted to use condoms more often than they perceived their partners to in both casual and romantic relationship contexts. Gender interactions showed that this pattern was especially strong among young women. Women seemed to underestimate the frequency at which their male partners wanted to use condoms. Furthermore, both the participants' condom use desires and perceptions of their partners' condom use desires predicted condom use behavior. Results suggest that gendered expectations may play a part in how often individuals perceive their partners to want to use condoms, which, in effect, may determine condom use behavior.
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- Title
- Women may underestimate their partners' desires to use condoms: Possible implications for behaviour
- Authors/Creators
- G.L. Edwards (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityB.L. Barber (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Sex Research, Vol.47(1), pp.59-65
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005540205007891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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