"I'd like to think I'm the same no matter what:" A qualitative exploration of alcohol and condom use in college-age couples Open Access
Stokfisz, Andrea Lynn (2011)
Abstract
"I'd like to think I'm the same no matter what:" A qualitative
exploration of alcohol and
condom use in college-age couples
By Andrea Stokfisz
Introduction: There is a gap in knowledge between studies of single
college students (or
coupled students in studies without their partners) and studies
focused on both members
of the couple. Thus, this research seeks to explore the themes that
arise when college
couples are asked about their changes in birth control methods and
alcohol use as a
relationship develops, how alcohol may influence sexual
risk-taking, and whether or not
alcohol plays any role in selecting a method of birth control/STI
protection.
Theoretical Framework: Alcohol Myopia Theory and Dual
Processing
Methods: Ten people, age 18-23 in five couples from Emory
University and the Georgia
Institute of Technology were recruited for in-depth interviews
separate from their
partners. Answers were transcribed and coded for recurring
themes.
Results: Many risk behaviors lend themselves well to fitting in
with alcohol myopia
theory and especially dual processing (since dual processing does
not have to involve
alcohol). Some birth control/STI protection and alcohol changes
occur across the course
of relationships, but for a wide variety of factors not always
directly connected to the
relationship. Nobody claimed that alcohol played any role in
selecting a method of birth control or STI protection.
Conclusion: Three themes recurred, those of trust, serious monogamy
early in the
relationship, and mixed feelings towards alcohol and its
relationship to sex. STI
prevention was never prioritized above pregnancy prevention.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Background………………………………………………………………………………..1
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1
Emory
University………………………………………………………………….4
Emory University Health
Data…………………………………………………….4
Research
Questions………………………………………………………………..5
Theoretical
Framework…………………………………………………...……….6
Alcohol Myopia
Theory…………………………………………………...6
Dual
Processing…………………………………………………………...7
Literature
Review………………………………………………………………………….9
Drinking Among College
Students………………………………………………..9
Condom Use Among College
Students………..………………………………...11
Couples of College
Age………………………………………………………….12
Sexual Risk and Alcohol
Use/Disinhibition……………………………………..14
Risk Assessment and Teens/Early 20s
Brains…………………………..……….15
Influence of Sexual Arousal on
Decision-Making……………………………….17
Methods……………………………………………………………….………………….18
Target
Population…………….…………………………………………………..18
Study Inclusion
Criteria……………………….…………………………………18
Recruitment………………………………………………………………………18
Sample
Size………………………………………………………………………19
Procedures………………………………………………………..………………19
Questions/Data Collection
Instrument……..…………………………….19
Interviews…………………………………………………………..…….19
Analysis/Coding……………………...…………………………………..20
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