When two heads aren't better than one: AIDS risk behavior in college-age couples

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-397

  Hammer, Jill C ^b   Fisher, Jeffrey D ^a   Fitzgerald, Patricia ^b   Fisher, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030137989     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01855.x     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Baffi, C. R., Schroeder, K. K., & Redican, K. J. (1989). Factors influencing selected heterosexual male college students' condom use. Journal of American College Health, 38, 137-141.
2. Basch, C. E. (1987). Focus group interview: An underutilized research technique for improving theory and practice in health education. Health Education Quarterly, 14, 411-447.
3. Binson, D., Dolcini, M. M., Pollack, L. M., & Catania, J. A. (1993). Multiple sex partners among young adults: The National AIDS Behavioral Surveys. Family Planning Perspectives, 25, 268-272.
4. Bowen, S. P., & Michal-Johnson, P. (1989). The crisis of communicating in relationships: Confronting the threat of AIDS. AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 4, 10-19.
5. Bowie, C., & Ford, N. (1989). Sexual behavior of young people and the risk of HIV infection. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 43, 61-65.
6. Breakwell, G. M., Fife-Schaw, C., & Clayden, K. (1991). Risk-taking, control over partner choice and intended use of condoms by virgins. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 1, 173-187.
7. Byrne, D. E., & Fisher, W. A. (1983). Adolescents, sex, and contraception. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. Cahn, D. D. (1989). Relative importance of perceived understanding in developing male-female mate relationships. Psychological Reports, 64, 1339-1342.
9. Carroll, L. (1988). Concern with AIDS and the sexual behavior of college students. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50, 405-411.
10. Catania, J. A., Coates, T. J., Greenblatt, R. M., & Dolcini, M. M. (1989). Predictors of condom use and multiple partnered sex among sexually-active adolescent women: Implications for AIDS-related health interventions. Journal of Sex Research, 26, 514-524.
11. Christopher, F. S., & Roosa, M. W. (1991). Factors affecting sexual decisions in the premarital relationships of adolescents and young adults. In K. McKinney & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Sexuality in close relationships (pp. 111-133). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
12. Cline, R. W., Freeman, K. E., & Johnson, S. J. (1990). Talk among sexual partners about AIDS. Communication Research, 17, 792-808.
13. Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1990). Sex, lies, and HIV. New England Journal of Medicine, 322, 774-775.
14. Cohen, D. D., & Rose, R. D. (1984). Male adolescent birth control behavior: The importance of developmental factors and sex differences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 13, 239-252.
15. Connell, R. W., Crawford, J., Dowsett, G. W., & Kippax, S. (1990). Danger and context: Unsafe anal sexual practices among homosexual and bisexual men in the AIDS crisis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 26, 187-208.
16. Corby, N. H., Wolitski, R. J., Thorton-Johnson, S., & Tanner, R. M. (1991). AIDS knowledge, perception of risk, and behaviors among female sex partners of injection drug users. AIDS Education and Prevention, 3, 353-366.
17. Des Jarlais, D. C., Wish, E., Friedman, S. R., Stoneburner, R., Yancovitz, S. R., Mildvan, D., El-Sadr, W., Brady, E., & Cuadrado, M. (1987). Intravenous drug use and the heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. New York State Journal of Medicine, 87, 283-286.
18. Douglas, J. D., & Atwell, F. C. (1988). Love, intimacy and sex. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
19. Dublin, S., Rosenberg, P. S., & Goedert, J. J. (1992). Patterns and predictors of high-risk sexual behavior in female partners of HIV-infected men with hemophilia. AIDS, 6, 475-482.
20. Edgar, T., Freimuth, V. S., Hammond, S. L., McDonald, D. A., & Fink, E. L. (1992). Strategic sexual communication: Condom use resistance and response. Health Communication, 4, 83-104.
21. Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1994). Changing AIDS risk behavior in relationships. Grant proposal submitted to National Institute of Mental Health. Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut.
22. Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. J. (1990). Evolution of college students' AIDS-related behavioral responses, attitudes, knowledge, and fear. AIDS Education and Prevention, 2, 322-337.
23. Fullilove, M. T., Fullilove, R. E., Haynes, K., & Gross, S. (1990). Black women and AIDS prevention: A view towards understanding the gender rules. Journal of Sex Research, 27, 47-64.
24. Gerrard, M., Breda, C., & Gibbons, F. X. (1990). Gender effects in couples' sexual decision-making and contraceptive use. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 449-464.
25. Hansen, W. B., Hahn, G. L., & Wolkenstein, B. H. (1990). Perceived personal immunity: Beliefs about susceptibility to AIDS. Journal of Sex Research, 27, 622-628.
26. Harlow, L. L., Morokoff, P. J., & Quina, K. (1991, August). Predictors of AIDS-related risk-taking in college women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
27. Hernandez, J. T., & Smith, F. J. (1990). Inconsistencies and misperceptions putting college students at risk of HIV infection. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 11, 295-297.
28. Ingham, R., Woodcock, A., & Stenner, K. (1991). Getting to know you . . . Young people's knowledge of their partners at first intercourse. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 1, 117-132.
29. Ishii-Kuntz, M., Whitbeck, L. B., & Simons, R. L. (1990). AIDS and perceived change in sexual practice: An analysis of a college student sample from California and Iowa. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 1301-1321.
30. Kalichman, S. C., Kelly, J. A., & St. Lawrence, J. S. (1990). Factors influencing reduction of sexual risk behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus infection: A review. Annals of Sex Research, 3, 129-148.
31. Kelley, D. L., & Burgoon, J. K. (1991). Understanding marital satisfaction and couple type as functions of relational expectations. Human Communication Research, 18, 40-69.
32. Kirscht, J. P., & Joseph, J. G. (1989). The health belief model: Some implications for behavior change, with reference to homosexual males. In V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee, & S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Primary prevention of AIDS: Psychological approaches. Primary prevention of psychopathology (Vol. 13, pp. 111-127). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
33. MacDonald, N. E., Wells, G. A., Fisher, W. A., Warren, W. K., King, M. A., Doherty, J. A., & Bowie, W. R. (1990). High risk STD/HIV behavior among college students. Journal of the American Medical Association, 263, 3155-3159.
34. Maslow, A. (1962). Toward a psychology of being, New York, NY: D. Van Nostrand.
35. Maticka-Tyndale, E. (1991). Sexual scripts and AIDS prevention: Variations in adherence to safer-sex guidelines by heterosexual adolescents. Journal of Sex Research, 28, 45-66.
36. Metts, S., & Fitzpatrick, M. A. (1992). Thinking about safer sex: The risky business of "know your partner" advice. In T. Edgar, M. Fitzpatrick, & V. S. Freimuth (Eds.), AIDS - A communication perspective (pp. 1-9). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
37. Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1993). The perceived AIDS-preventive utility of knowing one's partner well: A public health dictum and individuals' risky sexual behavior. Unpublished manuscript, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
38. Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1996). What's love got to do with it? Psychological processes underlying increased AIDS risk behavior in close relationships. Unpublished manuscript, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
39. Moore, S. M., & Barling, N. R. (1991). Developmental status and AIDS attitudes in adolescence. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 152, 5-16.
40. Mosher, D. L., & Tomkins, S. S. (1988). Scripting the macho man: Hypermasculine socialization and enculturation. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 60-84.
41. Nadler, A., & Fisher, J. D. (1992). Volitional personal change in an interpersonal perspective. In Y. Klar, J. Fisher, J. Chinsky, & A. Nadler (Eds.), Initiating self change: Social psychological and clinical perspectives (pp. 213-230). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
42. Offir, J. T., Fisher, J. D., Williams, S. S., & Fisher, W. A. (1993). Reasons for inconsistent AIDS-preventive behavior among gay men. Journal of Sex Research, 30, 53-60.
43. Oswalt, R., & Matsen, K. (1993). Sex, AIDS, and the use of condoms: A survey of compliance in college students. Psychological Reports, 72, 764-766.
44. Polit-O'Hara, D., & Kahn, J. R. (1985). Communication and contraceptive practices in adolescent couples. Adolescence, 20, 33-43.
45. Reiss, I. L., & Leik, R. K. (1989). Evaluating strategies to avoid AIDS: Number of partners vs. use of condoms. Journal of Sex Research, 26, 411-433.
46. Richter, D. L., Sy, F. S., Mukhtar, Q., & Addy, C. L. (1992). Contraception and HIV prevention among women in public health clinics. Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education and Promotion, 16, 3-9.
47. Rosenstock, I. M. (1990). The health belief model: Explaining health behavior through expectancies. In K. Glanz, F. Marcus Lewis, & B. K. Rimer (Eds.), Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice. The Jossey-Bass health series (pp. 39-62). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
48. Schilling, R. F., El Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., & Schinke, S. P. (1991). Correlates of drug use, sexual behavior, and attitudes toward safer sex among African-American and Hispanic women in methadone maintenance. Journal of Drug Issues, 21, 685-698.
49. Sorensen, R. C. (1973). Adolescent sexuality in contemporary America. New York, NY: World Publishing.
50. Sprecher, S. (1989). Expected impact of sex-related events on dating relationships. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 2, 77-92.
51. Stone, A. J., Morisky, D., Detels, R., & Braxton, H. (1989). Designing interventions to prevent HIV-1 infection by promoting use of condoms and spermicides among intravenous drug abusers and their partners. AIDS Education and Prevention, 1, 171-183.
52. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1988). Understanding AIDS (DHS Publication No. CDC HHS-88-8404). Rockville, MD: Author.
53. Valdiserri, R. O., Lyter, D. W., Leviton, L. C., Callahan, C. M., Kingsley, L. A., & Rinaldo, C. R. (1988). Variables influencing condom use in a cohort of gay and bisexual men. American Journal of Public Health, 78, 801-805.
54. Weatherley, R. A. (1987). Teenage pregnancy, professional agendas, and problem definitions. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 14, 5-35.
55. Whitley, B. E. (1988). The relation of gender-role orientation to sexual experience among college students. Sex Roles, 29, 619-638.
56. Williams, S. S., Kimble, D. L., Covell, N. H., Weiss, L. H., Newton, K. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1992). College students use implicit personality theory instead of safer sex. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22, 921-933.