"Best Bets" to Encourage Use of Condoms:
Change Teens' Perception of Peers' Opinions and Use of Condoms

Adolescents who believe that their peers do not use condoms or that peers do not like using condoms are less likely to use condoms (in bivariate analyses) (Whitaker & Miller, 2000), while adolescents who believe that their peers practice or support condom use during sexual intercourse are less likely to be sexually experienced and are more likely to report higher levels of condom use (Boyer et al., 1999; DiClemente et al., 1996). Adolescents' perceptions about their peers' sexual activity norms for condoms are related to teen sexual behavior more strongly among teens who have not talked to a parent about initiating sex or about condoms than among teens who have (Whitaker & Miller, 2000).


 
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