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Perceived Peer Norms, Health Beliefs, and Their Links to Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students

Hartman, Cassandra L.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-4363
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1572266551598012

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2019, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Psychology, Clinical.
Previous research suggests that the Health Belief Model and the model of Pluralistic Ignorance are used interdependently to account for individuals’ engagement in sexual risk behavior (Wulfert & Wan, 1995; Miller & McFarland, 1991; Downing-Matibag & Geisinger, 2009). The present study investigates if health belief variables (i.e., perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived self-efficacy) moderate or mediate the association between perceived peer norms and sexual risk behavior among college students. Results did not provide support for health belief variables acting as a moderator or a mediator of the association between perceived peer norms and sexual risk behavior. However, the results indicate that perceived peer norms consistently predicted sexual risk behavior among college students. These findings underscore findings from previous research regarding how important our perception of our peers is, and how this perception may drive our own behavior.
Jackson Goodnight, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Catherine Zois, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Julie Walsh-Messinger, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
67 p.
Clinical Psychology; Public Health
Sexual Risk Behavior; Health Beliefs; Peer Norms; Risky Sex

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  • Hartman, C. L. (2019). Perceived Peer Norms, Health Beliefs, and Their Links to Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1572266551598012

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hartman, Cassandra. Perceived Peer Norms, Health Beliefs, and Their Links to Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students. 2019. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1572266551598012.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hartman, Cassandra. "Perceived Peer Norms, Health Beliefs, and Their Links to Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1572266551598012

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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