Social skills and responses in simulated contraceptive problem situations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10210296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Hynes (Maternity Foundation, corresponding author), Mary Jean Hynes (Community Maternity Services), Monroe A Bruch (State University of New York) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 422-436 |
| Publication date | 1985-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224498509551279 |
| OpenAlex | W2144799508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
A behavioral‐analytic assessment strategy (Goldfried & D'Zurilla, 1969) was used to construct contraceptive problem situations representative of social interaction tasks which were postulated by Byrne (1983) as antecedent to the use of birth control. This study tested the hypothesis that differences in social skills (of rights assertion and expression of positive thoughts and feelings) are related to the effectiveness of participants' role‐play responses in contraceptive problem situations. A sample of 87 students (45 females and 42 males), all active daters, served as anonymous participants. Partial correlation procedures, in which variance due to knowledge of birth control was controlled, revealed that the positive self‐expression skill related to effectiveness for both sexes in initiating conversations about contraception topics. The rights assertion skill related to ability for both sexes to inquire about and request contraceptive materials from a druggist. Although both types of social skills were expected to relate to effectiveness in discussing birth control issues with a dating partner, results were less consistent for these situations. Both conceptual and methodological limitations are discussed as well as implications for the application of social skills training in human sexuality programs
Assertion · Birth control · Control (management · Developmental psychology · Family planning · Feeling · Human sexuality · Population · Research methodology · Sample (material · Social skills · Variance (accounting · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Adolescents, sex, and contraception
Convergence Toward a Single Sexual Standard
Psychosocial maturity and teenage contraceptive use
Adolescents, Sex and Contraception
Correlates of Contraceptive Behavior among Unmarried U.S. College Students
On the psychology of adolescents' use of contraceptives
Premarital sexual permissiveness and contraceptive knowledge
Social anxiety, sexual behavior, and contraceptive use
Communication patterns and problems of pregnancy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2009 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |