TY - JOUR
T1 - Partner Pressure, Victimization History, and Alcohol
T2 - Women’s Condom-Decision Abdication Mediated by Mood and Anticipated Negative Partner Reaction
AU - George, William H.
AU - Davis, Kelly Cue
AU - Masters, N. Tatiana
AU - Kajumulo, Kelly F.
AU - Stappenbeck, Cynthia A.
AU - Norris, Jeanette
AU - Heiman, Julia R.
AU - Staples, Jennifer M.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Highly intoxicated versus sober women were evaluated using multi-group path analyses to test the hypothesis that sexual victimization history would interact with partner pressure to forgo condom use, resulting in greater condom-decision abdication—letting the man decide whether or not to use a condom. After beverage administration, community women (n = 408) projected themselves into a scenario depicting a male partner exerting high or low pressure for unprotected sex. Mood, anticipated negative reactions from the partner, and condom-decision abdication were assessed. In both control and alcohol models, high pressure increased anticipated negative partner reaction, and positive mood was associated with increased abdication. In the alcohol model, victimization predicted abdication via anticipated negative partner reaction, and pressure decreased positive mood and abdication. In the control model, under high pressure, victimization history severity was positively associated with abdication. Findings implicate condom-decision abdication as an important construct in understanding how women’s sexual victimization histories may exert sustained impact on sexual interactions.
AB - Highly intoxicated versus sober women were evaluated using multi-group path analyses to test the hypothesis that sexual victimization history would interact with partner pressure to forgo condom use, resulting in greater condom-decision abdication—letting the man decide whether or not to use a condom. After beverage administration, community women (n = 408) projected themselves into a scenario depicting a male partner exerting high or low pressure for unprotected sex. Mood, anticipated negative reactions from the partner, and condom-decision abdication were assessed. In both control and alcohol models, high pressure increased anticipated negative partner reaction, and positive mood was associated with increased abdication. In the alcohol model, victimization predicted abdication via anticipated negative partner reaction, and pressure decreased positive mood and abdication. In the control model, under high pressure, victimization history severity was positively associated with abdication. Findings implicate condom-decision abdication as an important construct in understanding how women’s sexual victimization histories may exert sustained impact on sexual interactions.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Condom decision abdication
KW - Partner pressure
KW - Sexual victimization
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-015-1154-3
DO - 10.1007/s10461-015-1154-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 26340952
AN - SCOPUS:84955216545
VL - 20
SP - 134
EP - 146
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
SN - 1090-7165
ER -