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Examining the Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Use of Condom-Related Protective Behavioral Strategies when Drinking and Alcohol-Related Sexual Behavior

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The present research aimed to examine the relationships among gender, condom-related protective behavior strategies (PBS), and condom use during alcohol-related sexual behavior. Heavy drinking, sexually active U.S. undergraduate college students from a large northwest university (N = 454; 61.7% female) completed a web-survey that included measures of drinking, sexual behavior, and condom-related PBS. MANOVA findings suggested that males were more likely to use condom-related PBS than females. Negative binomial regression results suggested that use of condom-related PBS by both genders was positively associated with condom use during alcohol-related sexual behavior, but especially for women. These results suggest that condom-related PBS may be useful to incorporate in interventions targeting alcohol-related sexual behavior among heavy drinking college students.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Box 354944, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Melissa A. Lewis & Clayton Neighbors

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351629, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Diane E. Logan

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Lewis, M.A., Logan, D.E. & Neighbors, C. Examining the Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Use of Condom-Related Protective Behavioral Strategies when Drinking and Alcohol-Related Sexual Behavior. Sex Roles 61, 727–735 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9661-1

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