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Relationships Between Marijuana Dependence and Condom Use Intentions and Behavior Among Justice-Involved Adolescents

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The current study examined the relationships among marijuana dependence, a theoretical model of condom use intentions, and subsequent condom use behavior in justice-involved adolescents. Participants completed baseline measures of prior sexual and substance use behavior. Of the original 720 participants, 649 (90.13 %) completed follow-up measures 6 months later. There were high levels of marijuana use (58.7 % met criteria for dependence) and risky sexual behavior among participants. Baseline model constructs were associated with condom use intentions, and intentions were a significant predictor of condom use at follow-up. Marijuana dependence did not significantly influence the relationships between model constructs, nor did it moderate the relationship of model constructs with subsequent condom use. Findings suggest that the theoretical model of condom use intentions is equally valid regardless of marijuana dependence status, suggesting that interventions to reduce sexual risk behavior among both marijuana dependent and non-dependent justice-involved adolescents can be appropriately based on the model.

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El presente estudio examinó la relación entre la dependencia de la marihuana, un modelo teórico de las intenciones de uso del condón y comportamientos subsiguiente del uso de condones en los adolescentes involucrados en la justicia juvenil. Los participantes completaron medidas de referencia de anterior conducta sexual y uso de sustancias. De los originales 720 participantes, 649 (90,13 %) completaron medidas de seguimiento seis meses después. Hubo alto niveles de uso de la marihuana (58,7 % cumplieron los criterios para la dependencia) y los comportamientos sexuales de riesgo entre los participantes. Constructos del modelo basales estaban asociados con intenciones de uso de condones, y las intenciones fueron un predictor significativo del uso del condón durante el seguimiento. La dependencia de la marihuana no influyó significativamente las relaciones entre los constructos del modelo, ni se modera la relación de los constructos del modelo con el subsiguiente uso de condónes. Los resultados sugieren que el modelo teórico de las intenciones de uso de condones es igualmente válido independientemente del estado de dependencia de marihuana, lo que sugiere que las intervenciones para reducir el comportamiento de riesgo sexual entre ambos marihuana dependientes y no dependientes de los adolescentes involucrados en la justicia juvenil pueden ser apropiadamente basado en el modelo.

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The research described in this article was conducted with support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1 RO1 DA019139; PI: Angela Bryan). We gratefully thank Dr. Joshua Tybur and Tom Chavez for their assistance with the manuscript, and two anonymous reviewers for their feedback.

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  1. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Campus Box 345, Muenzinger Psychology Building, RM. D244, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Tiffany J. Callahan, Rachel E. Thayer & Angela D. Bryan

  2. Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Ann E. Caldwell Hooper & Angela D. Bryan

  3. Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Angela D. Bryan

  4. Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA

    Renee E. Magnan

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Callahan, T.J., Caldwell Hooper, A.E., Thayer, R.E. et al. Relationships Between Marijuana Dependence and Condom Use Intentions and Behavior Among Justice-Involved Adolescents. AIDS Behav 17, 2715–2724 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0417-0

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