The Relationship of Assertiveness to College Students' Safer Sex Behaviors  

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Yesmont, Georgia A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Adolescence vol. 27 no. 106 (1992), page 253-272.
Topik: relationships; relationship; college students'; sex behaviours

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: AA8.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Educational programs designed to curtail the present sexually transmitted disease (STD) epidemic emphasize the role of assertiveness in reducing personal risk. This study investigated the relationships between asssertiveness tendencies and safer sex behaviours in heterosexual college students. It was predicted that assertiveness would vary positively, and non assertiveness negatively, with three types of precautionary behaviours caution about engaging in sexual intimacy, inquiry about a potential partner's STD risk history, and frequency of condom use. A convenience sample of 253 undergraduates (159 females and 94 males) anonymously completed a sexual behaviour / demographc questionnaire and the intimate relationships questionnaire (IRQ), designed for this study and involving assetive, non assertive, and aggressive responses to scenarios relevant to safer sex. The findings confirmed the hypothesized relationships between IRQ assertiveness tendencies and safer sex protective behaviours of using caution and inquiring about a prospective partner's STD risk history. Implications for STD prevention strategies are discussed.

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