Body dissatisfaction and condom use self-efficacy: A meta-analysis. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blashill, Aaron J.; Safren, Steven A.
• Is Part Of: Body image. Volume 12(2015)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Body image -- Body dissatisfaction -- Condom use self-efficacy -- Meta-analysis -- Sexual risk behaviors; Body image -- Periodicals; Body image -- Research -- Periodicals; Body Image -- Periodicals; 306.4613
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.10.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-1445

Abstract

Highlights: Body dissatisfaction and condom use self-efficacy were explored. Data were from 2495 participants across 11 studies. Meta-analytic results revealed r = −.25, Cohen's d = −0.52. As body dissatisfaction increases, condom use self-efficacy decreases. Abstract: The consistent use of condoms is the most effective behavior for reducing the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and condom use self-efficacy has been shown to be a key construct related to condom use. However, the examination of modifiable psychosocial and behavioral correlates of condom use self-efficacy is lacking. Recent investigations have highlighted the association of body dissatisfaction with condom use self-efficacy, and the current study conducted a meta-analysis on all available data addressing this relationship. Eleven individual effect-size parameters from nine studies yielded a total sample of 2495 men and women participants. A random-effects model revealed an average effect-size of r = −.25, Cohen's d = −0.52, which is moderate in strength. As body dissatisfaction increases, ones' self-efficacy regarding the use of condoms diminishes. Integrating interventions to decrease body dissatisfaction and sexual risk behaviors may prove to be an effective strategy to decrease STIs.