creator Mikrut, Cassandra advisor Young, Michael A. Homeless women tend to engage in a variety of behaviors that put them at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Some of these behaviors include engaging in unprotected sex as well as higher levels of substance use. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of partner-type and condom use self-efficacy on sexual safety practices. Data were derived from 128 homeless women, living in shelters throughout New York City. Somers’ d was used to test the effects of partner-type, “steady” versus “casual,” and condom use self-efficacy on sexual safety practices. Results indicated that there were significant relationships between partner type and condom use as well as self-efficacy and condom use. Specifically, when the participant considered their primary partner to be “steady” they were less likely to use a male condom during sexual intercourse. Furthermore, higher condom use self-efficacy coincided with higher rates of condom use. Based on these results, it would be ideal for future research and interventions to focus on safe sex practices with “steady” partners, as these appear to be the riskier relationship. Submitted by Erma Thomas (thomase@iit.edu) on 2017-11-01T20:27:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_487233.zip: 265399 bytes, checksum: 7a88bc61e49064a2bdf115e62039c2d8 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-01T20:27:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_487233.zip: 265399 bytes, checksum: 7a88bc61e49064a2bdf115e62039c2d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05 M.S. in Psychology, May 2017 2017 2017-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/4124 en condom use homeless partner type safe sex self-efficacy women Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access PSYCH / Institute of Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department