Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
902793 Body Image 2015 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Body dissatisfaction and condom use self-efficacy were explored.•Data were from 2495 participants across 11 studies.•Meta-analytic results revealed r = −.25, Cohen's d = −0.52.•As body dissatisfaction increases, condom use self-efficacy decreases.

The consistent use of condoms is the most effective behavior for reducing the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and condom use self-efficacy has been shown to be a key construct related to condom use. However, the examination of modifiable psychosocial and behavioral correlates of condom use self-efficacy is lacking. Recent investigations have highlighted the association of body dissatisfaction with condom use self-efficacy, and the current study conducted a meta-analysis on all available data addressing this relationship. Eleven individual effect-size parameters from nine studies yielded a total sample of 2495 men and women participants. A random-effects model revealed an average effect-size of r = −.25, Cohen's d = −0.52, which is moderate in strength. As body dissatisfaction increases, ones’ self-efficacy regarding the use of condoms diminishes. Integrating interventions to decrease body dissatisfaction and sexual risk behaviors may prove to be an effective strategy to decrease STIs.

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