Life History Theory and Condom Use Intentions

Abstract

When exposed to descriptions of economic recession, individuals who experienced a harsh childhood indicated a greater interest in immediate rewards and risky investing than individuals who did not, even though there were no differences between groups when exposed to neutral economic conditions (Griskevicius et al., 2013). Our goal in this study is to examine the effects of environment and life history strategy on one type of sexually risky behavior-failure to use contraception.