The Developmental and Relationship Contexts of Sexual Abstinence Among Adolescent

青少年性禁欲的发展和关系背景

• 批准号: 7035743
• 负责人: MARY A. OTT
• 金额: $ 13.23万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-19 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7035743
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); age at pregnancy; awareness; behavioral /social science research tag; child psychology; clinical research; communication; contraceptives; data collection methodology /evaluation; developmental psychology; disease /disorder prevention /control; epidemiology; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; longitudinal human study; motivation; personal log /diary; safe sex /sex abstinence; sexually transmitted diseases; social psychology; women' s health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstinence has become a primary approach to reducing adolescent pregnancy and STIs, and is a goal of Health People 2010. However, current abstinence research is plagued by inconsistencies and methodological difficulties. This career development proposal will provide the candidate skills to advance our understanding of how relationship and social contexts influence adolescent abstinence decisions using a rigorous theoretical and methodological approach. The ultimate goal is to inform and improve interventions to prevent unintended pregnancy and STIs. The candidate is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at Indiana University with fellowship training in behavioral research. The training phase has 5 objectives: (1) to advance the theoretical understanding of sexual abstinence as a health behavior, including developmental changes in the individual, interpersonal, and social contexts; (2) to learn theoretical and research design issues in work with adolescent dyads; (3) to develop skills in longitudinal and repeated measures data using advanced analytic techniques; (4) to develop skills necessary for program evaluation and intervention research in adolescent pregnancy and STI prevention; and (5) to advance the candidate's understanding of ethical issues in behavioral research with adolescents. These objectives will be met through formal coursework, directed learning activities, and mentored research. The research plan has three distinct studies. Study 1, a qualitative study, examines abstinence from the adolescent perspective. Study 2, an analysis of abstinence behaviors in the National Survey of Family Growth, seeks to obtain nationally representative estimates. Study 3, a prospective, longitudinal study of the social and relationship contexts of abstinence, will allow an examination of antecedent relationship and contextual issues. Upon completion, the candidate will have the skills and experience to become an independent pediatric scientist poised to advance our understanding of the role of abstinence in pregnancy and STD prevention.

描述（由申请人提供）：禁欲已成为减少青少年怀孕和性传播疾病的主要方法，并且是Health People 2010的目标。但是，当前的禁欲研究受到矛盾和方法上的困难困扰。这项职业发展建议将为候选技能提供促进我们对关系和社会环境如何使用严格的理论和方法论方法影响青少年的禁欲决策的理解。最终目标是告知和改善干预措施，以防止意外怀孕和性传播感染。该候选人是印第安纳大学的儿科医生和青少年医学专家，并在行为研究方面进行了研究金培训。培训阶段有5个目标：（1）提高对性禁欲作为健康行为的理论理解，包括个人，人际关系和社会环境的发展变化； （2）学习与青少年二元组合作的理论和研究设计问题； （3）使用先进的分析技术来发展纵向和重复测量数据的技能； （4）发展青少年怀孕和STI预防的计划评估和干预研究所必需的技能； （5）促进候选人对青少年行为研究中的道德问题的理解。这些目标将通过正式的课程，定向学习活动和指导研究来实现。研究计划有三个不同的研究。研究1是一项定性研究，从青少年的角度研究了禁欲。研究2，对全国家庭增长调查中禁欲行为的分析，试图获得全国代表性的估计。研究3是对禁欲的社会和关系环境的前瞻性，纵向研究，将允许对前期关系和上下文问题进行检查。完成后，候选人将具有成为一名独立的儿科科学家的技能和经验，他们有望促进我们对戒酒在怀孕和预防性病预防中的作用的理解。