CONDOM USE OF FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS AS A FUNCTION
OF INFORMATION VERSUS ROLE PLAY AND MODELING
Lisa Kirsten Hunter
Appendix C
The Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale
These questions ask about your own feelings about using condoms in specific situations. Please respond by circling the appropriate response for each item even if you are not sexually active or have never used (or had a partner who used) condoms. In such cases indicate how you would feel in such a situation.
(The following appears below each question on the form.)
Strongly Disagree Undecided Agree Strongly
Disagree Agree
1. I feel confident in my ability to put a condom on myself or my partner.
2. I feel confident I could purchase condoms without feeling embarrassed.
3. I feel confident I could remember to carry a condom with me should I need one.
4. I feel confident in my ability to discuss condom usage with any partner I might have.
5. I feel confident in my ability to suggest using condoms with a new partner.
6. I feel confident I could suggest using a condom without my partner feeling "diseased."
7. I feel confident in my own or my partner's ability to maintain an erection while using a condom.
8. I would feel embarrassed to put a condom on myself or my partner.
9. If I were to suggest using a condom to a partner, I would feel afraid that he or she would reject me.
10. If I were unsure of my partner's feelings about using condoms, I would not suggest using one.
11. I feel confident in my ability to use a condom correctly.
12. I would feel comfortable discussing condom use with a potential sexual partner before we ever had any sexual contact (e.g., hugging, kissing, caressing, etc.).
13. I feel confident in my ability to persuade a partner to accept using a condom when we have intercourse.
14. I feel confident I could gracefully remove and dispose of a condom after sexual intercourse.
15. If my partner and I were to try to use a condom and did not succeed, I would feel embarrassed to try to use one again (e.g., not being able to unroll condom, putting it on backwards or awkwardness).
16. I would not feel confident suggesting using condoms with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I've had a past homosexual experience.
17. I would not feel confident suggesting using a condom with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I have a sexually transmitted disease.
18. I would not feel confident suggesting using condoms with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I thought they had a sexually transmitted disease.
19. I would feel comfortable discussing condom use with a potential sexual partner before we ever engaged in intercourse.
20. I feel confident in my ability to incorporate putting a condom on myself or my partner into foreplay.
21. I feel confident that I could use a condom with a partner without "breaking the mood."
22. I feel confident in my ability to put a condom on myself or my partner quickly.
23. I feel confident I could use a condom during intercourse without reducing any sexual sensations.
24. I feel confident that I would remember to use a condom even after I have been drinking.
25. I feel confident that I would remember to use a condom even if I were high.
26. If my partner didn't want to use a condom during intercourse I could easily convince him or her that it was necessary to do so.
27. I feel confident that I could use a condom successfully.
28. I feel confident I could stop to put a condom on myself or my partner
even in the heat of passion.