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Predicting condom use using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model: a multivariate latent growth
Jennifer L Walsh1, Theresa E Senn, Lori A J Scott-Sheldon
1Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-2340, USA. jlwals01@syr.edu
Background:
The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model often guides sexual risk reduction programs even though no studies have examined covariation in the theory's constructs in a dynamic fashion with longitudinal data.
Purpose:
Using new developments in latent growth modeling, we explore how changes in information, motivation, and behavioral skills over 9 months relate to changes in condom use among STD clinic patients.
Methods:
Participants (N = 1281, 50% female, 66% African American) completed measures of IMB constructs at three time points. We used parallel process latent growth modeling to examine associations among intercepts and slopes of IMB constructs.
Results:
Initial levels of motivation, behavioral skills, and condom use were all positively associated, with behavioral skills partially mediating associations between motivation and condom use. Changes over time in behavioral skills positively related to changes in condom use.
Conclusions:
Results support the key role of behavioral skills in sexual risk reduction, suggesting these skills should be targeted in HIV prevention interventions.
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