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ABSTRACT
Objectives: This study examines the relationships between information motivation behavioral skills model constructs and their associations with consistent condom use and condom use problems among young Black men. Methods: The authors use baseline data collected from 702 participants in a randomized controlled trial. Analyses involved path modeling and bootstrapped standard errors to estimate associations. Results: Motivation had the largest association with consistent condom use, whereas condom application skills had the largest association with condom use problems. Conclusion: Motivation is the most important predictor of consistent condom use, whereas condom application skills are the most important predictor of condom use problems.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge Betty Lai, PhD and Katherine Masyn, PhD for their advice on the statistical analysis for this project.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
Human subjects
The original randomized controlled trial was approved by the Institutional Review Boards for the University of Kentucky and Louisiana State University. Participants 18 years of age and older provided written informed consent. Parental consent and participant assent were obtained for participants under the age of 18 years.