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Young African American Male-Male Relationships: Experiences, Expectations, and Condom Use
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Taggart, Tamara; Ellen, Jonathan; Arrington-Sanders, Renata – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
HIV disproportionately impacts young African American men who have sex with men (MSM). In this study, we sought to understand how previous relationship experiences and expectations for romantic relationships influence condom use among young African American MSM. Twenty African American MSM aged 16 to 24 years completed a semi-structured interview…
Descriptors: Males, Homosexuality, African Americans, Intimacy
U.S. and Icelandic College Student Attitudes toward Relationships/Sexuality
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Freysteinsdóttir, Freydís Jóna; Skúlason, Sigurgrímur; Halligan, Caitlin; Knox, David – College Student Journal, 2014
Seven hundred and twenty-two undergraduates from a large southeastern university in the U.S. and 368 undergraduates from The University of Iceland in the Reykjavik, Iceland completed a 100 item Internet questionnaire revealing their (mostly white and 20-24 years old) attitudes on various relationship and sexual issues. Significant differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Couple Reports of the Perceived Influences of a College Human Sexuality Course: An Exploratory Study
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Henry, Dayna S. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
Research on the effects of college sexuality education has been largely quantitative in nature and has focused on changes in individual attitudes, behaviours and knowledge. This study sought to explore, qualitatively, the influences of enrolment in a human sexuality course on relationships. Eight couples from an undergraduate human sexuality…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Effectiveness
Social Control of Healthy Behavior between Intimate College Students
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Dennis, Michael Robert – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: The author examined whether the type of intimacy (ie, emotional, intellectual, sexual, social, recreational) featured in college students' romantic relationships affects the extent to which a partner's health-related behavior may be influenced by a variety of behavior change appeals. Participants: One hundred and thirteen female and 94…
Descriptors: Caring, College Students, Social Control, Health Behavior
Recruitment of African American and Latino Adolescent Couples in Romantic Relationships: Lessons Learned
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Rivera, Angelic; Watnick, Dana; Bauman, Laurie J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2011
Background: There is considerable literature on effective engagement strategies for recruiting adolescents individually for health research studies, but literature on recruiting adolescent couples is new an minimal. Purpose: This paper describes the recruitment strategies used for Teen Connections (TC), a longitudinal study that recruited 139…
Descriptors: Health Education, Adolescents, Recruitment, African American Students
Measurement of Motivations for and against Sexual Behavior
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Patrick, Megan E.; Maggs, Jennifer L.; Cooper, M. Lynne; Lee, Christine M. – Assessment, 2011
A multidimensional measure assessing distinct motivations for and against sex was shown to be reliable, valid, and configurally invariant among incoming first-year college students. Three Motivations Against Sex Questionnaire subscales were developed to measure motivations "against" sexual behavior (Values, Health, Not Ready) to complement and…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Factor Analysis, Sexuality, Factor Structure