Psychosocial maturity and teenage contraceptive use: An investigation of decision-making and communication skills
Psychosocial maturity and teenage contraceptive use: An investigation of decision-making and communication skills
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心理社会成熟度和青少年避孕药具的使用:决策和沟通技巧的调查
DOI:
10.1007/bf01375627
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
B. Grote
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文献类型:
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作者:
G. Cvetkovich;B. Grote
The developmental factors influencing teenage women's contraceptive decision-making with first sexual partner are investigated. A discriminant function analysis of results of a study of 17- to 19-year-old women shows the following: Pill users are distinguished from women who have not used any method by having had a longer relationship with their partner, having a more negative attitude towards becoming premaritally pregnant themselves, being older at the time of their sexual debut, engaging in more frequent sexual intercourse, being more trusting of their partner, and perceiving the risks of unprotected pregnancy as greater. Women who are protected by the use of condom are distinguished from women not protected by any method by having had more discussions with male friends about a variety of topics, having better role-taking skills, having a less negative attitude about becoming premaritally pregnant, and having discussed their sexual debut with their partner beforehand. Results are consistent with a conceptualization which distinguishes contraceptive methods on the basis of the psychosocial costs their use incurs for young women.