Abstract

SANCHEZ-MEDINA, Ricardo et al. Communication model of condom use in men. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.17, n.1, e2848.  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v17i1.2848.

This research proposes a model of communication factors (content, style, context, and time) on consistent condom use in men. A total of one thousand five hundred twenty-four men answered a survey and participated through purposive sampling. Subsequently, three groups were formed: one with participants with an HIV diagnosis, another with those who have taken an HIV test but got a negative result, and the last with those who have never had an HIV detection test. We tested the model’s adjustment in all the samples and then per group through modeling structural equations. We adequately adjusted the first model that considered all the participants. The results were similar when doing this same analysis per group, although, in the case of men with HIV, we included the time they were diagnosed for a better model adjustment. The results are discussed in terms of the empirical evidence of the model and the design of intervention programs that promote condom use in men.

Keywords : communication; condom; HIV infections; men; structural equation models.

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