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Abstract
These studies investigate connections between magazine reading and involvement and young people's sexual health knowledge, self-efficacy, intentions, and contraception use. Study 1 assessed sexual health behaviors and magazine reading among 579 undergraduate students (69% were female; 68% were White; Mage = 19.73). As expected, more frequent reading of mainstream magazines was associated with greater sexual health knowledge, safe-sex self-efficacy, and consistency of using contraception, although results varied across sex and magazine genre. Study 2 replicated and expanded on these findings with a survey of 422 undergraduate students (51% were female; 71% were White; 49% were age 18 or younger), incorporating a more extensive knowledge scale, questions about safe-sex intentions, and measures of magazine involvement. Results suggest that magazine use is associated with positive sexual health outcomes among young people.
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*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .10. ***p ≤ .001.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001. †p ≤ .10.
Note. KNW = knowledge; STD = sexually transmitted disease.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001. †p ≤ .10.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .10.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .10.
