Date of Award:
5-1986
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Brent C. Miller
Committee
Brent C. Miller
Committee
Gerald R. Adams
Committee
Richard S. Knight
Committee
Kelly McCoy
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine relationships between several educational variables and adolescents' sexual attitudes and behavior. The sample consisted of high school students who were enrolled in health, family living, and home economics classes in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pretest and posttest surveys were given to these students to evaluate the effectiveness of a prevention program which addressed teen attitudes and behaviors in the areas of peers, families, and morality. The pretest and posttest surveys contained items that specifically measured family background, school achievement, and sexual attitudes and behaviors. Data collected for these particular items were used in the analyses for this report. It was concluded that parental educational background was positively related to adolescents' educational aspirations and performance, and these educational variables were inversely related to adolescents' premarital sexual attitudes and behaviors.
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Recommended Citation
Sneesby, Karen R., "Parent and Adolescent Education in Relation to Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior" (1986). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2295.
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