Planned Condom Use
To test H2—that self-affirmation would lead people to take more steps to use condoms in the future—we administered self-report measures and a behavioral measure of intended condom use. The self-report items asked participants how likely they were to use condoms for their next 10 paid sex acts. For the behavioral measure, the interviewer gestured to a bowl of condoms, inviting participants to take as many free condoms as they would use. If participants took none, they were asked why. At the end of the study, after participants had left the room, the interviewer counted the number of condoms left in the bowl, recording the number the participants had taken.