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Consistent Condom Use Among Juvenile Detainees: The Role of Individual Differences, Social Bonding, and Health Beliefs

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This study takes the perspective that condom use may be a non-continuous variable, and that the endpoint of consistent condom use is an important focus of study both in terms of public health considerations and theoretically. As consistent condom use is the ultimate goal for prevention of the spread of HIV and STDs among those who are sexually active, special attention needs to be paid to those who have accomplished that goal, especially among high-risk populations. Guided by theories of resiliency, and using consistent condom use as a marker of the broader sexual health resiliency construct, condom promotive factors are used to predict consistent condom use among detained adolescents. Consistent condom users appear to be a distinct sub-population. Likely to be male, they are also likely to have higher self-esteem, higher optimism, and lower sensation seeking and impulsive decision making. They are likely to be in school and to live with both biological parents. Finally, they are likely to have positive attitudes towards condoms and report having friends and peers who feel the same way.

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The research described in this article was conducted with support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1 R01 AA013844-01; PI: A. Bryan.). Special thanks to Patrick Finan and Roger Pressman, who helped collect data for this project.

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    Michelle R. Broaddus & Angela Bryan

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Broaddus, M.R., Bryan, A. Consistent Condom Use Among Juvenile Detainees: The Role of Individual Differences, Social Bonding, and Health Beliefs. AIDS Behav 12, 59–67 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-007-9260-5

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