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Adolescent contraceptive use: an ecological perspective

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to discriminate between adolescent contraceptive users and nonusers on the basis of five variables; sexual self-concept, family life education, father communication, mother communication, and years of fathers' education. Included in the sample were 116 college freshmen men and women. The results revealed four out of the five variables were able to predict group membership. Adolescent contraceptive users had scores indicating higher sexual self-concepts and more open communication with their fathers, while noncontraceptive users had more months of family life education and had more open communication with their mothers.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Family and Child Development
Department dc:contributor.department
Family and Child Development
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1994

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Conklin, Melinda M.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Arditti, Joyce A.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Sporakowski, Michael J.
  • Underwood, JoAnn

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-11102009-020332
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45630

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Conklin, Melinda M.. Adolescent contraceptive use: an ecological perspective. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45630