Womens Barriers To Safer Sex
Title
Womens Barriers To Safer Sex
Creator
Hobfoll S E; Jackson A P; Lavin J; Britton P J; Shepherd J B
Publisher
Psychology & Health
Date
1994
1994
Description
We examined women's barriers to safer sex and the development of a 14-item, multi-dimensional, barriers to safer sex scale. In Study 1, model testing and scale development was conducted on a population of 503 African and European American, inner-city, pregnant, single women. We found four factors that closely parallel theoretical barriers that are cited in the literature: a) partner and self objections, b) the appraisal that one is not at risk, c) embarrassment, and d) giving up pleasure. In Study 2, convergent and divergent validity data supported the construct validity of the theoretical model and scale. In Study 3, the four subscales were found to be reliable among an additional sample of 72 single, college women. Subscale means for the community and student samples differed significantly, indicating important population differences. More modest differences were found between African American and European American women.
Subject
adolescents; aids risk; Environmental & Occupational Health; hiv infection; intervention; Psychology; Public; risk reduction; social support; stress
Identifier
Format
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URL Address
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Pages
233-252
Issue
3
Volume
9
Citation
Hobfoll S E; Jackson A P; Lavin J; Britton P J; Shepherd J B, “Womens Barriers To Safer Sex,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed February 10, 2025, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/10206.