TY - JOUR
T1 - Partner communication skills and condom use among college couples
AU - Tulloch, Heather E.
AU - McCaul, Kevin D.
AU - Miltenberger, Raymond G.
AU - Smyth, Joshua M.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The authors examined the effects of (1) communication-skills training, (2) relationship-specific education, or (3) risk information on the condom use of 106 heterosexual college students who were in sexually active relationships. Postintervention assessments of in vivo communication-skills demonstrated that participants in the communication-skills group acquired the skills to use direct requests for condom use and to counter partner refusal statements more effectively than participants in the other conditions (ps < .01). Despite successful skill acquisition, however, students failed to change their subsequent communication or condom-use behavior. This pattern of findings is considered in terms of how the development of sexual partnership in this cohort affects the interplay of motivation and skills for condom use.
AB - The authors examined the effects of (1) communication-skills training, (2) relationship-specific education, or (3) risk information on the condom use of 106 heterosexual college students who were in sexually active relationships. Postintervention assessments of in vivo communication-skills demonstrated that participants in the communication-skills group acquired the skills to use direct requests for condom use and to counter partner refusal statements more effectively than participants in the other conditions (ps < .01). Despite successful skill acquisition, however, students failed to change their subsequent communication or condom-use behavior. This pattern of findings is considered in terms of how the development of sexual partnership in this cohort affects the interplay of motivation and skills for condom use.
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U2 - 10.3200/JACH.52.6.263-267
DO - 10.3200/JACH.52.6.263-267
M3 - Article
C2 - 15134100
AN - SCOPUS:2442504854
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 52
SP - 263
EP - 267
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 6
ER -