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感染的主要方法，也是 Health People 2010 的目标。然而，目前的禁欲研究受到不一致和方法困难的困扰。该职业发展提案将为候选人提供技能，以促进我们使用严格的理论和方法论对关系和社会环境如何影响青少年禁欲决定的理解。最终目标是提供信息并改进干预措施，以预防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，接受过行为研究方面的进修培训。培训阶段有 5 个目标：(1) 增进对节欲作为一种健康行为的理论理解，包括个人、人际和社会背景的发展变化； (2) 学习与青少年二人组合作的理论和研究设计问题； (3) 培养使用先进分析技术处理纵向和重复测量数据的技能； (4) 培养青少年怀孕和性传播感染预防方面的项目评估和干预研究所需的技能； (5) 促进候选人对青少年行为研究中的伦理问题的理解。这些目标将通过正式课程、定向学习活动和指导研究来实现。该研究计划包含三项不同的研究。研究 1 是一项定性研究，从青少年的角度审视禁欲情况。研究 2 对全国家庭成长调查中的禁欲行为进行了分析，旨在获得具有全国代表性的估计值。研究 3 是一项针对禁欲的社会和关系背景的前瞻性纵向研究，将能够检查先前的关系和背景问题。完成后，候选人将具备成为一名独立儿科科学家的技能和经验，准备增进我们对禁欲在怀孕和性病预防中的作用的理解。