TY - JOUR
T1 - Discounting of Condom-Protected Sex as a Measure of High Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infection Among College Students
AU - Collado, Anahí
AU - Johnson, Patrick S.
AU - Loya, Jennifer M.
AU - Johnson, Matthew W.
AU - Yi, Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
Anahi Collado was supported by NIMH grant 5F31MH098512-02. Patrick S. Johnson was supported by NIDA grant T32DA007209. Richard Yi was supported by NIDA grant R01 DA11682. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - The study examined sexual delay discounting, or the devaluation of condom-protected sex in the face of delay, as a risk factor for sexually transmitted infection (STI) among college students. Participants (143 females, 117 males) completed the sexual delay discounting task (Johnson & Bruner, 2012) and questionnaires of risky sexual behavior, risk perception, and knowledge. Participants exhibited steeper sexual delay discounting (above and beyond general likelihood of having unprotected sex) when partners were viewed as more desirable or less likely to have a STI, with males demonstrating greater sexual delay discounting than females across most conditions. Importantly, greater self-reported risky sexual behaviors were associated with higher rates of sexual delay discounting, but not with likelihood of using a condom in the absence of delay. These results provide support for considering sexual delay discounting, with particular emphasis on potential delays to condom use, as a risk factor for STI among college students.
AB - The study examined sexual delay discounting, or the devaluation of condom-protected sex in the face of delay, as a risk factor for sexually transmitted infection (STI) among college students. Participants (143 females, 117 males) completed the sexual delay discounting task (Johnson & Bruner, 2012) and questionnaires of risky sexual behavior, risk perception, and knowledge. Participants exhibited steeper sexual delay discounting (above and beyond general likelihood of having unprotected sex) when partners were viewed as more desirable or less likely to have a STI, with males demonstrating greater sexual delay discounting than females across most conditions. Importantly, greater self-reported risky sexual behaviors were associated with higher rates of sexual delay discounting, but not with likelihood of using a condom in the absence of delay. These results provide support for considering sexual delay discounting, with particular emphasis on potential delays to condom use, as a risk factor for STI among college students.
KW - College students
KW - Risky sexual behavior
KW - Sexual delay discounting
KW - Sexual delay discounting task
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U2 - 10.1007/s10508-016-0836-x
DO - 10.1007/s10508-016-0836-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 27699562
AN - SCOPUS:84989850698
VL - 46
SP - 2187
EP - 2195
JO - Archives of Sexual Behavior
JF - Archives of Sexual Behavior
SN - 0004-0002
IS - 7
ER -