Research has shown that college students understand the risks associated with risky
sexual behavior, but make up to close to 50% of new STI cases every year. Previous research
suggests that lower perceived susceptibility to negative consequences, extroversion, openness,
and neuroticism are all related to risky sexual behavior. Three hypotheses are proposed.
Hypothesis one proposes that men and women will have significantly different levels of
perceived susceptibility. Hypothesis two proposes that perceived susceptibility, extroversion,
openness, and neuroticism predict sexual risk taking. Finally, hypothesis three proposes that
perceived susceptibility will be negatively correlated with sexual risk taking, whereas
extroversion, openness, and neuroticism will be positively correlated with sexual risk taking.
Hypothesis one was not supported, hypothesis two was supported, and hypothesis three was only
partially supported. Future directions in safe sex education are suggested. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:123456789/197446 |
| Date | 20 July 2013 |
| Creators | Shaw, Jeneice L. |
| Contributors | Kruczek, Theresa A. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
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