Effects of a teen pregnancy prevention program on teens' attitudes toward sexuality
A latent trait modeling approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9789397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles L Thomas (George Mason University, corresponding author), Dimiter M Dimitrov (0000-0003-1256-4842, George Mason University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 173-185 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.173 |
| PMID | 17201517 |
| OpenAlex | W2032680489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of program interventions in a school-based teen pregnancy program on hypothesized constructs underlying teens' attitudes toward sexuality. An important task related to this purpose was the validation of the constructs and their stability from pre- to postintervention measures. Data from 1,136 middle grade students were obtained from an earlier evaluation of an abstinence-based teen pregnancy prevention program (S. Weed, I. Ericksen, G. Grant, & A. Lewis, 2002). Latent trait structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the impact of the intervention program on changes in constructs of teens' attitudes toward sexuality. Gender was also taken into consideration. This investigation provides credible evidence that both 1st- and 2nd-order constructs related to measures of teens' attitudes toward risky sexual behavior are sufficiently stable and sensitive to detect program effects
Abstinence · Developmental psychology · Human sexuality · Intervention (counseling · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Structural equation modeling · Trait · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |