A dyadic approach to understanding safer sex behavior in intimate heterosexual relationships
(2019) Journal of Health Psychology — Vol. 26, n° 9, p. 1364-1376 (2019)
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Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna 
- Abstract
- This study applied a dyadic approach to condom-use research. Partners from 124 heterosexual couples independently completed a questionnaire assessing condom-related attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions to use condoms. Results demonstrate the superiority of a dyadic approach to understanding couples’ condom-use intentions and behavior over traditional, individual-level approaches. The addition of partner effects to the model, via the actor–partner interdependence model, resulted in an increase in the variance accounted for in condom-use intentions and this dyadic model showed better fit compared to the individual-level model. The results suggest that consideration of relationship partners plays an important role in the prediction of safer sex intentions.
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Isaacs, C., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Kohut, T., & Fisher, W. A. (2019). A dyadic approach to understanding safer sex behavior in intimate heterosexual relationships. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(9), 1364-1376. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319873958 (Original work published 2019)