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Teddy D. Warner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women Marines.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally tend to underestimate their vulnerability to negative life events. Such Behavior stems from a tendency to focus upon ones risk-reducing Behavior without considering others risk-reducing Behavior and ones own risk-increasing Behaviors. Questionnaires were administered to a group of women at relatively high risk for unplanned pregnancy to study the effects of reviewing subjects sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. 432 women with mean age 19.6 years graduating from U.S. Marine Corps recruit training were study subjects. Respondents perceptions of the likelihood of oneself other Marines and civilians becoming pregnant and/or contracting HIV during the upcoming 12 months were queried. Further questions were also asked about sexual Behavior Contraceptive Behavior attitudes toward pregnancy and birth control method efficacy. Prior to initiating Marine Corps training these women had an average 5.5 sex partners and engaged in intercourse an average 2.2 times/week during the 3 months prior to commencement of training. While 27% had been pregnant at least once 83% claimed to use Contraceptives with 64% employing methods of greater than 85% effectiveness. Reviewing pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among respondents for whom unplanned pregnancy was not undesirable and those having most confidence in their Contraceptive Behavior. Perceived vulnerability to HIV infection was however significantly increased. Study findings support the hypothesis that selective focus on preventive Behavior is a strongly pervasive source of the illusion of invulnerability. A complex relationship between increasing awareness of risk Behaviors and decreasing illusions of unique invulnerability is suggested.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women marines.
Health Psychology, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally underestimate their own vulnerability to negative events such as illness or accidents. It has been suggested that this illusion of "unique invulnerability" is due to selective focus on one's own risk-reducing Behaviors, to the exclusion of others' risk-reducing Behaviors and one's own risk-increasing Behaviors. The current study examined the effects of reviewing sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. Our results indicated that review of pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among two groups of subjects: those who considered unplanned pregnancy to be most undesirable and those who had the most confidence in the efficacy of their Contraceptive Behavior. The data also support the hypothesis that selective focus is a source of the illusion of invulnerability. Language: en
John E. Lydon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sexual attitudes and Contraceptive Behavior revisited: can there be too much of a good thing?
Journal of Sex Research, 1996Co-Authors: Michaela Hynie, John E. LydonAbstract:A longitudinal study was performed to explore a possible curvilinear relationship between sexual attitudes and Contraceptive Behavior. A community sample of 62 women recorded their sexual and Contraceptive Behavior for five consecutive weeks using daily diary reports. During an initial testing session, participants were asked to report their Contraceptive Behavior in the last month and to predict their Contraceptive Behavior for the coming month. Women reported using less effective Contraceptive methods during the five weeks than they had for the month prior to the study and than they had predicted for the month concurrent with the study. Both the consistency and effectiveness of women's Contraceptive Behavior over the five weeks was found to have a quadratic (inverted‐U) relationship with their sexual attitude, as measured by the Sexual Opinion Survey. The results are discussed with respect to biases inherent in subjective retrospective data and the possible link between an extremely positive emotional o...
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Women's perceptions of female Contraceptive Behavior: experimental evidence of the sexual double standard.
Psychology of women quarterly, 1995Co-Authors: Michaela Hynie, John E. LydonAbstract:A social perception study was conducted to examine the effect of the sexual double standard on impressions of a female target. As part of a “social memory” study, 57 female undergraduates read a fictitious woman's diary describing a sexual encounter where the woman provided a condom, the man provided a condom, or the couple had unprotected intercourse. Participants made Behavioral judgments and interpersonal judgments about the couple, and rated the female target on several personality traits. Women rated the target's Behavior more negatively, and as more inappropriate, when she provided a condom, than when her partner provided a condom. Participants also assumed that the target's partner would feel less positive about her when she provided a condom than if he provided a condom or if they had unprotected intercourse. These results are discussed with respect to the continued existence of the sexual double standard, and its impact on women's Contraceptive Behavior.
Meg Gerrard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women Marines.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally tend to underestimate their vulnerability to negative life events. Such Behavior stems from a tendency to focus upon ones risk-reducing Behavior without considering others risk-reducing Behavior and ones own risk-increasing Behaviors. Questionnaires were administered to a group of women at relatively high risk for unplanned pregnancy to study the effects of reviewing subjects sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. 432 women with mean age 19.6 years graduating from U.S. Marine Corps recruit training were study subjects. Respondents perceptions of the likelihood of oneself other Marines and civilians becoming pregnant and/or contracting HIV during the upcoming 12 months were queried. Further questions were also asked about sexual Behavior Contraceptive Behavior attitudes toward pregnancy and birth control method efficacy. Prior to initiating Marine Corps training these women had an average 5.5 sex partners and engaged in intercourse an average 2.2 times/week during the 3 months prior to commencement of training. While 27% had been pregnant at least once 83% claimed to use Contraceptives with 64% employing methods of greater than 85% effectiveness. Reviewing pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among respondents for whom unplanned pregnancy was not undesirable and those having most confidence in their Contraceptive Behavior. Perceived vulnerability to HIV infection was however significantly increased. Study findings support the hypothesis that selective focus on preventive Behavior is a strongly pervasive source of the illusion of invulnerability. A complex relationship between increasing awareness of risk Behaviors and decreasing illusions of unique invulnerability is suggested.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women marines.
Health Psychology, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally underestimate their own vulnerability to negative events such as illness or accidents. It has been suggested that this illusion of "unique invulnerability" is due to selective focus on one's own risk-reducing Behaviors, to the exclusion of others' risk-reducing Behaviors and one's own risk-increasing Behaviors. The current study examined the effects of reviewing sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. Our results indicated that review of pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among two groups of subjects: those who considered unplanned pregnancy to be most undesirable and those who had the most confidence in the efficacy of their Contraceptive Behavior. The data also support the hypothesis that selective focus is a source of the illusion of invulnerability. Language: en
Frederick X. Gibbons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women Marines.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally tend to underestimate their vulnerability to negative life events. Such Behavior stems from a tendency to focus upon ones risk-reducing Behavior without considering others risk-reducing Behavior and ones own risk-increasing Behaviors. Questionnaires were administered to a group of women at relatively high risk for unplanned pregnancy to study the effects of reviewing subjects sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. 432 women with mean age 19.6 years graduating from U.S. Marine Corps recruit training were study subjects. Respondents perceptions of the likelihood of oneself other Marines and civilians becoming pregnant and/or contracting HIV during the upcoming 12 months were queried. Further questions were also asked about sexual Behavior Contraceptive Behavior attitudes toward pregnancy and birth control method efficacy. Prior to initiating Marine Corps training these women had an average 5.5 sex partners and engaged in intercourse an average 2.2 times/week during the 3 months prior to commencement of training. While 27% had been pregnant at least once 83% claimed to use Contraceptives with 64% employing methods of greater than 85% effectiveness. Reviewing pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among respondents for whom unplanned pregnancy was not undesirable and those having most confidence in their Contraceptive Behavior. Perceived vulnerability to HIV infection was however significantly increased. Study findings support the hypothesis that selective focus on preventive Behavior is a strongly pervasive source of the illusion of invulnerability. A complex relationship between increasing awareness of risk Behaviors and decreasing illusions of unique invulnerability is suggested.
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Effects of reviewing risk-relevant Behavior on perceived vulnerability among women marines.
Health Psychology, 1991Co-Authors: Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Teddy D. WarnerAbstract:People generally underestimate their own vulnerability to negative events such as illness or accidents. It has been suggested that this illusion of "unique invulnerability" is due to selective focus on one's own risk-reducing Behaviors, to the exclusion of others' risk-reducing Behaviors and one's own risk-increasing Behaviors. The current study examined the effects of reviewing sexual and Contraceptive Behavior on perceived vulnerability to unplanned pregnancy. Our results indicated that review of pregnancy-related Behaviors decreased perceived vulnerability among two groups of subjects: those who considered unplanned pregnancy to be most undesirable and those who had the most confidence in the efficacy of their Contraceptive Behavior. The data also support the hypothesis that selective focus is a source of the illusion of invulnerability. Language: en
Michaela Hynie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sexual attitudes and Contraceptive Behavior revisited: can there be too much of a good thing?
Journal of Sex Research, 1996Co-Authors: Michaela Hynie, John E. LydonAbstract:A longitudinal study was performed to explore a possible curvilinear relationship between sexual attitudes and Contraceptive Behavior. A community sample of 62 women recorded their sexual and Contraceptive Behavior for five consecutive weeks using daily diary reports. During an initial testing session, participants were asked to report their Contraceptive Behavior in the last month and to predict their Contraceptive Behavior for the coming month. Women reported using less effective Contraceptive methods during the five weeks than they had for the month prior to the study and than they had predicted for the month concurrent with the study. Both the consistency and effectiveness of women's Contraceptive Behavior over the five weeks was found to have a quadratic (inverted‐U) relationship with their sexual attitude, as measured by the Sexual Opinion Survey. The results are discussed with respect to biases inherent in subjective retrospective data and the possible link between an extremely positive emotional o...
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Women's perceptions of female Contraceptive Behavior: experimental evidence of the sexual double standard.
Psychology of women quarterly, 1995Co-Authors: Michaela Hynie, John E. LydonAbstract:A social perception study was conducted to examine the effect of the sexual double standard on impressions of a female target. As part of a “social memory” study, 57 female undergraduates read a fictitious woman's diary describing a sexual encounter where the woman provided a condom, the man provided a condom, or the couple had unprotected intercourse. Participants made Behavioral judgments and interpersonal judgments about the couple, and rated the female target on several personality traits. Women rated the target's Behavior more negatively, and as more inappropriate, when she provided a condom, than when her partner provided a condom. Participants also assumed that the target's partner would feel less positive about her when she provided a condom than if he provided a condom or if they had unprotected intercourse. These results are discussed with respect to the continued existence of the sexual double standard, and its impact on women's Contraceptive Behavior.