Which are the strategies preferred by young people to negotiate the use of condoms?

Abstract

We evaluate the perception of the adequacy of different strategy types to achieve the use of condoms whit a romantic partner in a sample of undergraduate Psychology students (81.4% women, mean age = 21 years, sd = 2.8). Assessments were made with a scale from 0 (not adequate) to 10 (totally adequate). The results show that young people consider more appropriate strategies involving a more or less direct requirement (average 8.51, sd = 1.15) followed by those that consider the protection provided by the condom (mean 8.13, sd = 1.96), whereas the least adequate strategies are those involving emotional arguments (mean 6.32 sd = 2.27). These results should be considered in planning interventions to promote the use of condoms among young people.

Keywords

• estrategias de comunicación
• preservativo
• jóvenes