Condom use self-efficacy centered on sexual experience, cannabis, and CBD use among college students

Abstract

Objectives

The goal of this study was to understand how condom use self-efficacy varies based on sexual experience, cannabis and CBD use.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was implemented through Qualtrics. A total of 455 undergraduate students were surveyed at a large U.S. northeastern university.

Results

Findings suggested that sexual experience itself and sexual experience with cannabis and CBD are associated with a person’s condom use self-efficacy. Precisely, non-sexually active and cannabis or CBD nonusers perceived themselves as less efficacious in their future use of condoms compared with sexually active adolescents.

Conclusions

Implications for health interventions are discussed, such as the importance of giving attention to non-sexually active adolescents and strengthening their condom use self- efficacy. It is critical to promote healthy sexual behaviors among future sexually active college students and reinforce healthy sexual behaviors among sexually active adolescents

Keywords:

• Cannabis
• CBD
• condom efficacy
• Health Belief Model
• risky sexual behavior

Conflict of interest disclosure

The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. The authors confirm that the research presented in this article met the ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements, of the United States of America and received approval from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Connecticut.

Additional information

Funding

No funding was used to support this research and/or the preparation of the manuscript.