Women's self-efficacy and STD preventive behavior

Publication Date

1996

Selected Works Department

School of Nursing

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Knowledge of sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention, perceived risk for STDs, and self-efficacy for STD prevention were investigated as predictors of behavioral risk for STDs in 308 female college students. Perceived risk and self-efficacy predicted 19% of behavioral risk for STD; knowledge was not a predictor. Self-efficacy was highest for communicating about STD prevention and lowest for refusing sexual intercourse. Interventions that enhance both women's self-efficacy to prevent STDs and accurate risk appraisal are likely to be more effective than those that emphasize only knowledge of prevention techniques

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Hale006

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