Erratum

This article refers to:

Coping with condom embarrassment

Sarah G. Moore, Darren W. Dahl, Gerald J. Gorn, & Charles B. Weinberg (2006). Coping with condom embarrassment. Psychology, Health & Medicine. This relates to 11(1): 70–79 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548500500093696), which was originally published online in January 2007.

When the above article was first published online, Table 1 was accidentally omitted from the published version.

Taylor & Francis apologises for this error.

Table 1. Coping strategies and frequency of use by gender.

Table

	Percent using
	Male (%)	Female (%)
Planful problem-solving
I buy other items with condoms	34.9	52.7
I buy only condoms	17.8	6.8
I pay at the pharmacist	10.9	15.5
I spend as little time in the aisle as possible	38.5	48.3
I always buy the same brand of condoms	30.2	40.1
I go to the shortest cash line	26.9	40.6
I try to hide the box of condoms	25.1	36.7
I always buy the same type of condoms	21.8	31.9
I monitor the situation	20.0	28.0
I make a plan about how to buy before I go	21.5	22.2
I go to a store outside my neighbourhood	18.5	24.6
I go at a specific time	12.7	14.5
Social support
I go to a male cashier	20.7	4.3
I go to a female cashier	10.5	38.2
I go with my partner	16.0	24.6
I go to the cashier closest to my age	14.2	20.3
Escape avoidance
I rely on my partner to get condoms	8.4	32.4
I go to places where condoms are free	15.6	15.9
I delay my purchase until another time	4.0	3.9
I purchase from vending machines	7.6	2.4
I steal condoms	6.9	1.4
I purchase condoms on the Internet	2.9	1.0
Emotion-focused coping
I shouldn’t be embarrassed because
… everybody buys condoms	52.3	40.1
… the store sells condoms every day	50.9	48.3
… condoms are important to have and use	56.3	44.4
… it doesn’t matter what other people think of me	59.9	51.4
I think positive thoughts about the situation	70.0	63.6
I think positive thoughts about myself	62.5	53.5
I go over in my mind what I will say or do	46.8	48.7