Condom Use Intentions
Intentions were also measured using a VAS. To reduce the potential impact of participants’ relationship status on the measurement of condom use intentions participants were primed with a script depicting a casual sexual encounter. Our condom use intention scale consisted of three items. Participants first answered a question assessing how likely it would be that they would use a condom in the future (very unlikely–very likely), unrelated to the aforementioned imaginary situation. Then, they were asked whether they intended to use a condom in the aforementioned imaginary situation (very unlikely–very likely). Next question was how much trust they had that they would use a condom, even if their casual partner would not like to in that situation (very little trust–a lot of trust). Finally, we asked them whether, if there was no condom present, and there was no way of obtaining one, they would still have sex in this situation (very unlikely–very likely). The internal consistency for this scale was insufficient (