Teen Sexual Behavior: Applicability of the Theory of Reasoned Action
| Autor: | Diane M. Morrison, Elise Murowchick, Deborah Nahom, Marilyn J. Hoppe, Matthew E. Archibald, Elizabeth A. Wells, Anthony Wilsdon, Mary Rogers Gillmore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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education.field_of_study
media_common.quotation_subject Population Virginity test Developmental psychology Sexual intercourse Theory of reasoned action Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology Normative Norm (social) Girl Psychology education Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Causal model media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Marriage and Family. 64:885-897 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3737 0022-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00885.x |
| Popis: | We examined the utility of the theory of reasoned action for predicting sexual intercourse among teenagers and determined whether it holds for both genders and for those with and without prior sexual experience. The data include 749 students who were in 9th–11th grades when the predictors were measured and in 10th–12th grades when sexual intercourse was assessed. About half (53%) were girls about half (48%) were non-Hispanic European Americans. Results showed that prior sexual experience was related to a higher rate of sexual intercourse but boys and girls did not differ. Tests of the causal model for subgroups (boy and girl virgins boy and girl nonvirgins) yielded similar results. As predicted paths from intentions to behavior and from norms and attitudes to intentions were significant as were paths from outcome and normative beliefs to attitude and norm respectively. (authors) |
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