MODERATION AND MEDIATION OF HIV-PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS - RELATIONSHIP STATUS, INTENTIONS, AND CONDOM USE AMONG COLLEGE-STUDENTS

This study examined the effects of 2 HIV prevention interventions on c ondom use and mediators of condom use. College students were randomly assigned to a control condition or an intervention (communication skil ls or technical skills). Those who received either intervention had gr eater condom use self-efficacy, more positive condom use attitudes, an d stronger intentions to use condoms than did controls. Furthermore, 3 -month follow-up data revealed that students in either intervention wh o were not in a steady dating relationship reported more consistent co ndom use than did those in the control condition, whereas students who were in either intervention and in a relationship reported somewhat l ess consistent condom use than did those in the control condition. Ana lyses suggested that effects of the interventions on condom use were m ediated by increased intentions to use condoms.