HLTB15H3 Chapter Notes -Inverse Relation, Statistical Significance, Social Learning Theory
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Week # 9: new model for predicting adolescent sexual intentions by lin et al. Sample size of 411 7th and 10th graders. Purpose of study is to test a model of sexual intentions for adolescent where beliefs, alcohol use, and past sexual behaviors were predictors of teenage sexual intentions. Understanding teen sexual behaviors requires knowledge of teen"s alcohol use, sexual beliefs and sexual intentions alcohol use is a strong predictor of sexual behavior. Health belief model social learning theory links behaviors with knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and skills. Social learning theory claims that behavioral changes result from increasing the strength of the perceived relationships of a behavior and its consequences, in addition how these consequences are evaluated. Sexual beliefs influence sexual behavior sexual belief can include sexual anxiety, arousal, exploration and commitment. Males more likely to have intercourse vs. females. Sexually experienced teens had higher intentions to have intercourse than non-sexually experienced teens (nahom et al. )
