Using Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Safer Sex Behaviors in College Students
Amar Kanekar, Manoj Sharma, Russell Bennett
Abstract
Young adults engage themselves in unsafe sexual behaviors exposing themselves to getting aSTD and/or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this study was to use social cognitive theory in predicting safer sex behaviors among college students. A cross-sectional study design was implemented among a sample of 180 sexually active college students. More than half of the survey responders were monogamous and less than a quarter had two sexual partners. A step-wise multiple regressions model indicated a statistically significant predictive model with self-efficacy, situational perceptions and self-control towards safer sex as significant predictors (48% predicted variance) of self-reported sexual behaviors.
Topics & Concepts
Social cognitive theorySafer sexSAFERPsychologySituational ethicsPerceptionSample (material)Variance (accounting)Quarter (Canadian coin)Theory of planned behaviorHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Social psychologyDevelopmental psychologyControl (management)CondomMedicineComputer scienceHistoryAccountingChromatographyFamily medicineSyphilisChemistryArchaeologyNeuroscienceArtificial intelligenceComputer securityBusinessAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyMarriage and Sexual Relationships