Global and specific measures of power and self-esteem in women's experience with condom use
| dc.creator | Boyd, Sharla | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-14T23:19:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-18T21:09:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-14T23:19:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-08 | |
| dc.degree.department | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between power, selfesteem, and condom use for women. A final sample of 122 female college students, who were currently or recently in a romantic relationship involving sexual intercourse, filled out questionnaires about global self-esteem, sexual self-esteem, perceived global power within the relationship, perceived sexual power within the relationship, and sexual behavior. Global self-esteem, sexual self-esteem, global power, and sexual power did not account for a significant amount of the variance in condom use for women. Hypotheses stating that the specific measures of power and self-esteem would better predict condom use for women than global measures were not confirmed. Furthermore, power (global or specific) did not moderate the relationship between self-esteem (global or specific) and condom use. However, a single item asking about perceived power (compared to one's partner) to make decisions about condom use did account for a significant amount of the variance in condom use. In addition, 19% of the sample indicated that in their current or most recent romantic relationship involving sexual intercourse, there had been at least one time when they had wanted their partner to use a condom, but their partner did not use a condom. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2346/15593 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Texas Tech University | en_US |
| dc.rights.availability | Unrestricted. | |
| dc.subject | Self-esteem in women | en_US |
| dc.subject | Feminism -- Psychological aspects | en_US |
| dc.subject | Power (Philosophy) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Power (Social sciences) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hygiene | en_US |
| dc.subject | Condoms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Safe sex in AIDS prevention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexual | en_US |
| dc.title | Global and specific measures of power and self-esteem in women's experience with condom use | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |