Instructions for Factors Affecting Condom Use

This is a study about making decisions on condom use during sexual intercourse. If you do not feel comfortable reading about sexual situations, this may not be the study for you. Keep in mind that all participants are kept anonymous, so please answer honestly.

Information: For this experiment you will be asked to imagine yourself in a dating relationship and to deecide how likely it is that you would use a condom if sexual intercourse were to occur. There are three variables that must be considered for you to make your decision about using a condom: the length of the relationship, your partners past sexual experiences, and your partner's attitude towards condom use.

The variables are defined as:

Relationship: The length of the hypothetical relationship

Short: This indicates that there have only been a couple of dates.
Medium: This indicates that you two have been dating for 2-10 months.
Long: This indicates that you two have been dating for one year or more; supposedly exclusive.

Experience: Your partners past sexual experiences

Low: May be any where from no sexual experience to maximum of 2 previous sexual partners.
Medium: More than 2 but less than 10 sexual partners.
High: More than 10 sexual partners.
Unknown: Do not know how many previous sexual partners.

Attitude: Your partners current attitude towards condom use

Accepts condom use: Prefers to use a condom despite spontaneity and/or sensation issues.
No preference: Does not have a preference towards condom use.
Rejects condom use: Prefers not to use a condom because of spontaneity and/or sensation issues.
Unknown: Do not know your partners attitude towards condom use.

After considering all three variables you will be asked to decide how likely it is that you would make the decision to use or not use a condom during sexual intercourse with the person described in the scenario. You can make your ratings by clicking a button on the scale that ranges from very, very unlikely to use a condom to very, very likely to use a condom. Clicking on the middle button means that you are neither likely nor unlikely to use a condom; there is a 50/50 chance you would use a condom. The farther to the left you click the more unlikely you are to use a condom with that person. Furthermore, the farther to the right you click the more likely you are to use a condom with your hypothetical sexual partner described in the scenario.

Warmup Trials for Factors Affecting Condom Use

Beginning of Study

How likely are you to use a condom if sexual intercourse were to occur with your partner described in the following situations?

1. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:High
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

2. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

3. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:High
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

4. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Low
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

5. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:High
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

6. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Medium
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

7. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Unknown
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

8. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:High
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

9. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

10. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

11. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:High
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

12. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

13. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:Low
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

14. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:Low
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

15. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Low
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

16. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:High
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

17. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Low
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

18. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Low
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

19. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:Low
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

20. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

21. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Medium
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

22. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Unknown
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

23. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

24. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:High
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

25. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Low
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

26. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

27. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Low
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

28. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Accepts condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

29. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Medium
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

30. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

31. (variable description)
Relationship: Long
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

32. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Unkown
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

33. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:Unknown
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

34. (variable description)
Relationship: Medium
Experience:Medium
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

35. (variable description)
Relationship:Medium
Experience:High
Attitude: Rejects condom use
very, very unlikely very, very likely

36. (variable description)
Relationship: Short
Experience:High
Attitude: No preference
very, very unlikely very, very likely

37. What is your age? years.
38. Gender: Are you Male or Female?

Female
Male

39. How many years of Education have you completed? Put 12 for High School Diploma
Put 16 for college diploma (bachelor's degree).
put 20 for doctorate degree (Ph.D., M.D., etc).
Education:
40. Nationality (country of birth):
41. Comments:

Please check your answers. When you are done, push the button below.

Instructions for Factors Affecting Condom Use

Warmup Trials for Factors Affecting Condom Use

Beginning of Study

How likely are you to use a condom if sexual intercourse were to occur with your partner described in the following situations?

Thank You!