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The Association of the Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs and Condom Use among African-American Students Attending a Historically Black University

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  • International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations

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  • 2017

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The objective of this study was to examine the associations/correlations between the Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs (subjective norm, attitudes toward condom use, perceived behavior control, behavioral intention, and condom use) as applied to these variables among African American men and women (≥ 18 years of age) attending a Historically Black Colleges and Universities HBCU by demographic variables (age, educational classification, gender, and religious affiliations). The participants completed a 30-minute online quantification questionnaire on condom use. The researchers conducted a two-sample t-test to determine the difference in the mean scores for each Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) construct by steady and casual partners’ condom use and non-condom use among participants. The results of the study concluded that the attitude towards condom use of condom users (M=10.56, SD=8.86) was substantially different from the attitude towards condom use of non-condom users (M=6.31, SD=6.17). Also, the perceived behavioral control (PBC) of condom users (M=4.97, SD=2.93) was substantially different from the perceived behavioral control of non-condom users (M=3.18, SD=1.96). Although the participants’ attitudes towards condom use and perceived behavioral control were significantly associated with condom use, continued strategies are needed to examine the behaviors. The implications of this study was to continue to educate HBCU students on the significance of condom use with casual partners and possibly periodically with steady partners regardless; as to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STDs or STIs); which could eventually bring some positive social changes to students in HBCU and possibly beyond.
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