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. 1991 Dec;81(12):1636–1638. doi: 10.2105/ajph.81.12.1636

Overcoming denial and increasing the intention to use condoms through the induction of hypocrisy.

E Aronson 1, C Fried 1, J Stone 1
PMCID: PMC1405296  PMID: 1746661

Abstract

Feelings of hypocrisy were induced in college students to increase condom use. Hypocrisy was created by making subjects mindful of their past failure to use condoms and then having them persuade others about the importance of condoms for AIDS prevention. The induction of hypocrisy decreased denial and led to greater intent to improve condom use relative to the control conditions. The implications of these findings for AIDS prevention are discussed.

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