Objective To examine the concordance between teens' and young adults' self-reported
condom use, assessed by audio-computer–assisted self-interviewing, and Y-chromosome …

Two hundred forty-eight adolescent girls responded to a list of 30 statements describing
reasons for using and not using condoms. For 24 of the statements, most adolescents (> …

Objectives: To determine whether a measure of unprotected vaginal sex that is adjusted for
condom failures would produce improved accuracy in predicting biologically confirmed …

Background: Research and public health interventions designed to reduce the risk of
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) often are based on self-reported condom use. Yet …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of condom use in a
population of male adolescents at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Design …

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of three misconceptions about correct condom use and
determine whether prevalence of these misconceptions varied by gender, sexual …

OBJECTIVE.: To identify the prevalence and correlates of condom failure (defined as
breakage or slipping off in the past 90 days) among a sample of adolescent males (15 to 21 …

A health belief model of condom use was used to identify factors associated with condom
use in 390 sexually active female adolescents, aged 12 through 19 years, recruited at the …

OBJECTIVES: To identify the prevalence of condom use errors among detained female
teens and to test two inter-related hypotheses concerning condom failure. METHODS: A …

The purpose of this study was to initially test the psychometric properties of an adolescent
and young adult condom self-efficacy scale. The sample consisted of 209 participants (13 to …