Do Alcohol and Marijuana Use Decrease the Probability of Condom Use for College Women

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Do Alcohol and Marijuana Use Decrease the Probability of Condom Use for
College Women
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1-23-2019

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“Do Alcohol and Marijuana Use Decrease the Probability of
Condom Use for College Women”
According to Wilson et al, as cited in the article (Fielder, Carey, Waish, & Carey, 2014),
youth between the age group of 15 to 24 are cause for HIV infections to 50% and are also at the
risk of other STI’s (sexually transmitted infections). Moreover, according to CDC, the use of a
condom is a relevant way to minimize the risk of these diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
Cooper as cited in (as cited in Fielder, et al., 2014) says that the marijuana and use of alcohol are
the cause to enhance the sexual risk-taking and various other studies have found that risk with
sex and this substance consumption has a direct association. However, some studies have
contradicted, but the sample used in the prior studies were limited. To clarify the discussion, the
article considered large sample size and primary data from women going college across a year to
assess if there is an association between marijuana and alcohol consumption and use of a
condom while considering the assessment in detail of sexual partner type and include various
control variables (Fielder, Carey, Waish, & Carey, 2014).
There have been various reviews over the alcohol use and use of a condom, according to
Carey et al has concluded that the when the individual see sober, they are more likely to use the
condom than when they are drunk. From previous research and evidence, the type of partner has
been linked, Scott said that the people are not likely to use condom when they are drunk only in
the case of their romantic or steady partners, and another author that is Brown has concluded that
they are not likely to use condom when drunk only with the casual partners. However, some
believe that the use of condom after alcohol consumption is not related to the partner type, but
related to the way of consumption, for instance, using dichotomous meters of consumption
(Fielder, Carey, Waish, & Carey, 2014).
Experiment
Mixed analysis from the literature, make the research objective of the article to be
explored to the topic further. As already discussed, the large sample would be considered, in
which the four research questions included the event level drinking, association of Marijuana
intake and use of condom during intercourse, the association of alcohol intake and use of

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condom during intercourse, the association of the two on the basis of type of partner, and lastly
that the moderate expectancies of alcohol-associated among drinking, number of drinks, and
HED and use of condom?
The participants in the experiment include 483 women from college students of the first
year at a university of northeastern, who were engaged in long relationships. The procedure
includes the word of mouth, campus flyers. The survey was taken from the participant who is
willing and interested in answering and providing the relevant information. The measures for the
research included event level in which condom use, alcohol consumption, and HED, marijuana
use, partner type, relationship length, and alternative contraception were included. Moreover,
person level was taken for a measure which included average HED, average marijuana intake,
risk expectancies of alcohol sexual, impulsivity, sensation seeking, and control variables. Results
from rates of drinking, marijuana use, heavy episodic drinking, and condom use according to
partner type (Fielder, Carey, Waish, & Carey, 2014).
Figure 1:( Source: (Fielder, Carey, Waish, & Carey, 2014)