Sara Vasilenko, Derek Kreager, and I recently published a paper in Journal of Research on Adolescence. We used couple data from Add Health to examine how partners’ contraceptive attitudes correlate within dyads over time, and how well male and female partners’ attitudes predict subsequent condom use. Our findings demonstrated that even after controlling for adolescents’ own attitudes, partners’ prior attitudes predicted subsequent attitudes for both male and female adolescents. The association, however, was stronger for female than for male adolescents. In addition, when put in the same model, males’ attitudes but not females’ attitudes predicted couple’s subsequent condom use. These findings suggest that male adolescents may have more power or influence on contraceptive decisions within adolescent relationships.
The post “Males’ contraceptive attitudes matter more than females’ attitudes in adolescent couples” was first published on Eva Lefkowitz's blog on November 30, 2015.
The post “Males’ contraceptive attitudes matter more than females’ attitudes in adolescent couples” was first published on Eva Lefkowitz's blog on November 30, 2015.
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