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50 Years of ERIC
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A Novel, Self-Guided, Home-Based Intervention to Improve Condom Use among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
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Emetu, Roberta E.; Marshall, Alexandra; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Yarber, William L.; Milhausen, Robin R.; Crosby, Richard A.; Graham, Cynthia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objective: This pilot study tested the efficacy of a brief, novel, theory-driven, self-guided, home-based intervention designed to promote condom use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Participants: Thirty YMSM were recruited from a large public US midwestern university during spring of 2012. Methods: The intervention was tested using a…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Prevention, Males, Homosexuality
Condom Discomfort and Associated Problems with Their Use among University Students
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Grosby, Richard; Yarber, William L.; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Graham, Cynthia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2005
In addition to consistent use, condoms must be used correctly. The purpose of this study was to identify prevalence and types of condom-associated discomfort among university students, the outcomes of this discomfort, and the role of discomfort in condom breakage. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 206 students attending a private university…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, College Students, Sexuality, Health Behavior
Heterosexuals' Attitudes toward Lesbianism and Male Homosexuality: Their Affective Orientation toward Sexuality and Sex Guilt.
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Yarber, William L.; Yee, Bernadette – Journal of American College Health, 1983
A study sought to determine if a relationship existed between heterosexual college students' attitudes toward lesbianism and male homosexuality and their feelings about their own sexuality, including sex guilt. High sex guilt proved to be related to negative attitudes toward homosexuals of both sexes. (Authors/PP)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Higher Education, Homosexuality
Personality Comparisons of College Students Reporting Previous Sexually Transmissible Disease Infection and Students Never Infected.
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Yarber, William L.; Kaplan, Robert – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1979
Students reporting sexually transmissible diseases apparently had no greater psychological difficulties or deviations than other college students. (JD)
Descriptors: College Students, Personality Assessment, Personality Theories, Self Concept
College Women and Prevention of Venereal Disease
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Yarber, William L. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1974
Descriptors: Hygiene, Prevention, School Health Services, Sex Education