Body Mass Index Category, Exercise, and Depression: Predicting Condom Use at Last Intercourse

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dc.contributor.advisorWatt, Toni Terling
dc.contributor.authorPitts, Amanda Louise
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcKinney, Audrey
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMajumdar, Debarun
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-07T13:28:33Z
dc.date.available2020-08-07T13:28:33Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.description.abstractBody Mass Index intersects with many predictors of condom use; however, few studies have viewed obesity as an independent predictor of condom use. Using a theoretical viewpoint that the obesity stigma may change an individual’s behavior, I look at BMI as an independent variable predicting condom use at last intercourse. After controlling for age, race, STI diagnosis, depression, exercise, parental education, and parental income, BMI is generally not a significant predictor of condom use. However, there is an interaction between obesity and fitness: obese women who work out are 3.5 times more likely to use a condom, and obese women who do not work out are 64 percent less likely to use a condom. This finding presents implications for both health education and stigma reduction.
dc.description.departmentSociology
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dc.format.extent65 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationPitts, A. L. (2008). Body mass index category, exercise, and depression: Predicting condom use at last intercourse (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/12337
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectcondoms
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectbody mass index
dc.subjectpsychology
dc.titleBody Mass Index Category, Exercise, and Depression: Predicting Condom Use at Last Intercourse
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentSociology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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