The related factors for self-efficacy of condom use among adolescent girls - taking HPV acquisition preventing as an example

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) acquisition is caused by skin to skin contact, and the use of condoms reduces the risk of HPV acquisition. This study employed a cross-sectional design to investigate condom use self-efficacy and the expected results of adolescent girls using condoms to prevent HPV acquisition. The results showed that the standard index score of adolescent girls using condoms to prevent HPV acquisition was 68.5. The perceived condom use control, health locus of control, and expected result of condom use were significant predictors of condom use self-efficacy, which explained 30.00% of the total amount of variance in condom use self-efficacy. Furthermore, two regression models showed the statistic variation of condom use self-efficacy for those who have had sexual experience and those have not, which was 78.49% and 29.22% of the total amount of variance in condom use self-efficacy, respectively.