The Effects of an Abstinence-Based Sex Education Program on Middle School Students’ Knowledge and Beliefs  

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Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield ; Smith, Thomas Edward ; Harrison, Dianne F. ; Springer, David W.

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Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 9 no. 1 (Jan. 1999), page 10-24.
Fulltext: 10RSWP91.pdf (43.73KB)

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A statewide evaluation of the Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) program was conducted to assess its ability to increase adolescents’knowledge and beliefs about pregnancy prevention. ENABL is aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy through abstinence. Using a quasiexperimental research methodology, middle school students (N=1,450) comprised a treatment group (n = 974) and a comparison group (n = 476). Subjects completed a pretest and posttest reflecting knowledge and beliefs about teenage pregnancy. ANCOVA revealed significant differences (F = 8.98, p < .001) on posttest scores between the two groups. The treatment group showed marked improvement from pretest to posttest scores, whereas the comparison group did not. These findings support the claim that thePostponing Sexual Involvement (PSI) curriculum is effective in affecting students’ knowledge and beliefs about teenage pregnancy and illuminate the need for social work intervention at a variety of levels to address this multifaceted problem.

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