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| Title |
Sex on the Beach: The Influence of Social Norms and Trip Companion on Spring Break Sexual Behavior
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| Published in |
Prevention Science, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11121-014-0460-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Melissa A. Lewis, Megan E. Patrick, Angela Mittmann, Debra L. Kaysen |
| Abstract |
Spring Break trips are associated with heavy drinking and with risky sexual behavior (e.g., unprotected sex, multiple partners, unwanted sexual contact), especially for those students who go on trips with friends. The present study adds to this growing event-specific risk literature by examining Spring Break-specific normative perceptions of sexual risk behavior and the role that these perceptions and taking a trip with a friend or with a romantic partner have on Spring Break sexual behavior. College students (N = 1,540; 53.9 % female) were asked to report descriptive normative perceptions of sex with casual partners, drinking prior to sex, number of drinks prior to sex, and condom use as well as their own Spring Break drinking and sexual behaviors. Students perceived the typical same-sex student to have engaged in more frequent sexual behavior for all outcomes than students' own self-reported sexual behavior. Furthermore, results revealed that these perceptions were positively associated with behavior. The choice of travel companion (friend(s) versus romantic partner) also differentially predicted sexual behaviors. Results suggested that intervention efforts aimed at reducing risks for Spring Break trip-takers may be strongest when they incorporate corrective normative information and target those traveling with friends. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 20% |
| Unknown | 8 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 75% |
| Scientists | 3 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 61 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 15 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 10% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 18 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2021.
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#1,403,451
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#76
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#16,516
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