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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Condom use errors among sexually unfaithful and consensually nonmonogamous individuals

Terri D. Conley A B , Amy C. Moors A , Ali Ziegler A , Jes L. Matsick A and Jennifer D. Rubin A
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A University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

B Corresponding author. Email: conleyt@umich.edu

Sexual Health 10(5) 463-464 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH12194
Submitted: 14 November 2012  Accepted: 20 April 2013   Published: 3 June 2013

Abstract

This research involved comparisons of the condom use behaviours of people who are in monogamous relationships but who have engaged in extradyadic sex (i.e. committed infidelity) to those who are in consensually nonmonogamous (CNM) relationships. Consensual nonmonogamy is the practice of openly having multiple sexual or romantic partners simultaneously, with the full knowledge and consent of all participating partners. Participants in CNM relationships used condoms more correctly in their last instance of intercourse than those who were committing infidelity.

Additional keywords: behaviour, concurrency, multiple partners, safer sex.


References

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